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Peggy Guggenheim, 1921(?)
Gelatin silver print (carte postale), 11.2 x 7.9 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice
Gift, Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, 2011.47
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At the forefront of artistic and social activity in the 1920s, Paris attracted intellectuals from all over the world. An American expatriate like Peggy Guggenheim, Man Ray arrived in Europe in 1921 soon establishing himself as the unofficial photographer of city’s elite and artistic crowds. It was thus fitting that he was to record Peggy, on several occasions. The present print Peggy Guggenheim belongs to their most celebrated photo session commissioned by Thora Dardel, a journalist for the Swedish weekly Bonniers Veckotidnig, for an article published in 1925 on influential foreigners living in Paris at the time. This photograph has become symbolic of Guggenheim’s graceful youth and social standing. She is wearing a cloth-of-gold evening dress by Paul Poiret and a headdress made by Vera Stravinsky.
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