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A black and white print of a seated figure in the form of a postcard.

The black and white print shows a female figure seated on a backless bench before a long-arched hallway. The figure is wearing a dress which hangs off her left shoulder. Her feet do not touch the floor, her head is a square topped peg shape. On the right is a distorted view of a hallway with an arched ceiling. To the left is a view of a room with an arched doorway.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.5
People
Dora Maar, French (Tours, France 1907 - 1997 Paris, France)
Title
29, rue d'Astorg
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342731

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.5
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

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