Dora Maar
1941
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17 × 11.9 cm (6 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.) mount: 28 × 20 cm (11 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Accession Number
2015.198.1
Art Historical Context
In 1941, amid the somber shadows of World War II and-occupied Paris, Hungarian-born photographer Rogi André (Paula Rozen, 1905–1979) captured this intimate gelatin silver print portrait of Maar. Titled simply *Dora Maar*, the image measures17 × 11.9 cm on its mount, showcasing André's mastery of modernist portraiture. Known for her elegant, psychologically penetrating photographs of fellow artists and intellectuals in the interwar Parisian avant-garde, often highlighted the inner lives of her subjects with subtle lighting and precise composition. Gelatin silver prints, the medium here, were a...