Ohne Titel (Schmuck) (Untitled [Jewelry])

c. 1930

Yva

Associated Names
Yva

Artist, German, 1900 - 1942

The image features a portrait of a woman's face and hands. Her face is partially visible with large, dark eyes looking directly at the viewer. Her hair blends into the dark background. Her hands and part of her forearms are elegantly positioned against each other. She is not wearing visible clothing but has a dark fabric draped over her. The woman is wearing jewelry, including a large rectangular and a round diamond ring on her fingers, as well as two bracelets on her wrists. The background is a soft, dark gradient.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998 – January 18, 1999

2013

  • Roots and Links: Gifts from the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 23 – July 25, 2013

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 218.

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in purple ink: Yva / Photographie / Berlin W 10, Friedrich-Wilhelmstr. 17; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 80.5.8.1.

Wikidata ID

Q64169924

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