The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 22, 2024

Double Portrait with Hat

Double Portrait with Hat

c. 1936–37
(French, 1907–1997)
Image: 29.8 x 23.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Dora Maar scavenged the two faces from a magazine assignment she did on springtime hats.

Description

Maar sandwiched two negatives of the same model and painted the background and hat (or is it a decomposing halo?) onto the negative. Softening the emulsion, she scraped and lifted it off, techniques that involve destruction and suggest disintegration. The face evokes depictions of female faces in the art of her lover, Pablo Picasso, especially his 1938 paintings of weeping women for which Maar was the model.
  • The artist's estate, Paris
    November 19, 1999
    (PIASA; Drouot Richelieu, Paris, Nov. 19, 1999, no. 47)
    (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY)
    David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
    2008-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Baring, Louise. Dora Maar: Paris in the Time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso. New York, NY : Rizzoli Interntaional Publications, Inc., 2017. Mentioned p. 168; Reproduced pp. 120-121.
    Hinson, Tom, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography: the David Raymond Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Mentioned: p. 26; reproduced: p. 27; reproduced: p. (x); mentioned p. 102; mentioned: pp. 225.
    Maar, Dora. Dora Maar: Bataille, Picasso et les surréalistes. Marseille: Musées de Marseille, 2000. Reproduced: p. 214, no. 184; mentioned: pp. 271.
    Victoria Combalía Dexeus. Dora Maar : Haus der Kunst München, 13. Oktober 2001-6. Januar 2002 ; Musées de Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 20. Januar-4. Mai 2002 ; Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet Barcelona, 15. Mai-15. Juli 2002. München: Haus der Kunst München, 2001. Reproduced: p. 250, no. 176; mentioned: pp. 332.
    Johnson, Annabella. Dora Maar: Photographer. Long Island City, NY: Dorsky Gallery, 2004. Reproduced: pg. 1.
    Beisiegel, Katharina. Picasso: The Artist and His Muses. Black Dog Publishing, London, 2016. Reproduced and mentioned: p. 91.
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 312
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 24
    Benkemoun, Brigitte. "Discovering Dora Maar," In Gagosian, Fall 2019, pp. 58-61. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 58-61.
    Benkemoun, Brigitte. Discovering Dora Maar." Gagosian, (Fall 2019): 58-61.. Reproduced: p. 59
  • Dora Maar. Tate Modern (November 19, 2019-March 15, 2020).
    Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).
    Dora Maar: Photographer. Dorsky Gallery (April 25-June 28, 2004).
    Dora Maar: Bataille, Picasso, et les Surréalistes. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (October 13, 2001-January 6, 2002); Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France (February 7-April 30, 2002); Centre d’Art Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain (May 21-July 15, 2002).
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