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Series Title: Dream

No. 36: Fractures

1949, printed probably 1970s

Grete Stern

(German, 1904–1999)
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Culture
Argentina
Medium
gelatin silver print, photomontage
Measurements
Image: 7.2 x 8.4 cm (2 13/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2023.157.36
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Description

Grete Stern was commissioned to create the Dreams photomontages as photographic illustrations for a weekly column, “Psychoanalysis Will Help You,” in Idilio (Idyll), a pioneering Argentinian women’s magazine. Its readers submitted written descriptions of their dreams which were analyzed by two male intellectuals and illustrated by Stern. While incorporating some suggestions from two men, Stern often subverted their interpretations, substituting her own proto-feminist reactions to the dream narratives.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photomontage depicts a large portrait of a woman with a medium skin tone and dark hair in an updo on our left. Centered, a person bows their head and covers their face with a hand. They wear a dark cardigan over a light dress, with massive, elephant-like shapes for feet. In the background, blurred buildings and a cobblestone street recede.

No. 36: Fractures

1949, printed probably 1970s

Grete Stern

(German, 1904–1999)
Argentina

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