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Collection Online as of May 31, 2026

A vertically oriented, black-and-white photomontage depicts a woman from the neck up with a light skin tone, her head emerging from a paintbrush held vertically by a hand. Instead of bristles, her profile faces our left with eyes looking upward and dark hair styled into sharp, curved points. The metal collar is stamped MADE IN ENGLAND. The brush rests against a textured surface, framed by draped white fabric on both sides.

No. 31: Made in England

1950, printed probably 1970s

Grete Stern

(German, 1904–1999)
Argentina
gelatin silver print, photomontage
Image: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2023.157.31
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

A key aspect of photomontage is the juxtaposition of elements that would not usually be found together.

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.
  • Grete Stern (the artist) [1904-1999], to Gerd Sander
    Gerd Sander [1940-2021]
    ?–2023
    (Galerie Julian Sander, Cologne, Germany), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 4, 2023–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.157.31