Dora MAAR
France 1907 – 1997
Portrait d'Ubu (Portrait of Ubu)
[Portrait of Pere Ubu]
1936 Photography, Photograph, gelatin silver photograph
Primary Insc: not signed, dated in purple stamp, "18 Sep 1936" inscribed verso, pencil "Portrait d'Ubu Objet trouve"
image 18.1 h x 11.4 w cm
Purchased 1987
Accession No: NGA 87.983
Subject: Art style: Surrealism
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Dora MAAR
France 1907 – 1997
Portrait d'Ubu (Portrait of Ubu)
[Portrait of Pere Ubu]
1936 Photography, Photograph, gelatin silver photograph
Primary Insc: not signed, dated in purple stamp, "18 Sep 1936" inscribed verso, pencil "Portrait d'Ubu Objet trouve"
image 18.1 h x 11.4 w cm
Purchased 1987
Accession No: NGA 87.983
Subject: Art style: Surrealism
Exhibition History
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- 2007
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- VIPs: Very Important Photographs Project Gallery NGA
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- 2006
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- Picasso: Love and War 1935 - 1945
- National Gallery of Victoria
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- 1993
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- Surrealism: Revolution by Night NGA
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- 1993
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- Surrealism: Revolution by Night NGA
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What kind of creature is in this photograph? Is it a big monster or something smaller? This photograph by artist, Dora Maar, is of a baby armadillo before it is born. Notice the texture of its skin and its long fingers. Do you know what an adult armadillo looks like?
Activity; Think about photographing something in your house in close up so that it is hard to recognise the object.
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
