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A black and white photograph of a pair of hands holding a knitted mitten.

The black and white photograph shows a light-colored mitten held by two hands, in the center of the mitten is a face and two small objects under an arched opening. The background shows floating cactus leaves rising to the top edge. In the upper right corner, an arm is extended holding four long strips. In the upper left corner is an oval of two faces. Center left is a bust length figure holding a large mitten. In the lower left corner is a form with graphs lines across the top of the form is written the letters, A.B.C. A portion of a card which reads Lettre Tombée en is also visible in the bottom center.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.206
People
Claude Cahun, French (Nantes, France 1894 - 1954 Bailiwick of Jersey)
Marcel Moore, French (Nantes, France 1892 - 1972 Bailiwick of Jersey)
Title
Untitled (photograph of photocollage reproduced as Plate IV of Aveux non Avenus)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1929-1930
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342204

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
15.2 x 10.5 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso, b.l. in graphite: CC16244-Z

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Wakeham, Jersey, England, sold; to Virginia Zabriskie, New York, 1991, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright
© Estate of Claude Cahun
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.206
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

Verification Level

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