Man Ray

Comtesse de St. Exupery Modeling an African Hat

1936

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Man Ray

Comtesse de St. Exupery Modeling an African Hat

1936

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Image/Sheet: 252 x 187 mm. (9 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line The Baltimore Museum of Art

Object Number 1976.20

International Arts and Artists, "Man Ray: African Art and the Modernist Lens" circulated to the Phillips Collection, Oct. 10 - January 10, 2010, cat no 123.

Michael R. Taylor, "Man Ray: The Paris Years," (Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2021), fig. 97 p. 237

Inscribed: Verso: at top center, in graphite: "same size [circled, with arrows extended to either side]" and "3 col / hats [circled]"; at top right, in graphite: "40 [circled]"; at left center, in graphite: "3 1/2 [circled] / Blue thoed [?] / 3 Blues"; at center, in graphite: "Not to be reduced more than 2/3 [underlined] / MR / 1 [circled] / Bushango Hat / (Beads black + white)"; at right center, in graphite: "21669/4"; at right center, in graphite: "110i / 5/27/37 [circled]"; at lower left, in red pencil: "166-7"; at lower left, in graphite: "(Bottom)"; at lower center, in graphite: "(Posed by Mme la Comtesse de St Exupery)"; at lower right, in graphite: "H16922474 [crossed out] / 12121-83 [crossed out] / H16356-24 [crossed out] / H17017-3-1 / H 894-44 [crossed out]"; at bottom center, in graphite: "T2145-3-3"

Markings: Verso: at lower left, stamped in purple ink: "HARPER'S BAZAR [upside down, annotated in graphite: African Hats / Sept / 2 / 7/12/37]"; stamped in black ink, at lower right: "MAN RAY - 8 RUE / DU VAL-DE-GRACE / PARIS 5e - FRANCE / DANTON 92-25"