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Forbidden Games

1935

Dora Maar

(French, 1907–1997)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print, montage
Measurements
Image: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.); Mounted: 45.2 x 30 cm (17 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2007.85
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Maar is hardly alone among Surrealists in making works that suggest or depict sexual practices "forbidden"by society. Photography’s realism makes her montage more shocking than if it were composed of the same images done as wood engravings or drawings. Although Maar may have used some found images, at least one element comes from a photograph she took. The boy under the table is one of the figures in Children Playing.

Forbidden Games

1935

Dora Maar

(French, 1907–1997)
France, 20th century

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