Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations" / Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
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- Accession Number
- 1971/2.150.4
- Title
- Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"
- Artist
- Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899 - 1984
- Medium and Support
- clichés-verre on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1934-1935; printed 1967
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Surrealist
- Inscription
- Signed on last page, Brassai
- Dimensions
- 38.1 cm x 28.5 cm (15 in. x 11 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Physical Description
- A highly abstracted photographic composition in which the viewer catches glimpses of a female nude seen in the stomach at center and the keyhole glimpse of a breast to the viewer's right; the overall composition is dark with patterned, textured overlapping fabrics
- Subject Matter
- A highly abstracted figure of a reclining nude female holding a mandolin. The figure and the instrument share the same organic form and suggest sensuality and harmony.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- clichès-verre
- mandolins
- musical instruments
- nudes
- surrealism
- surrealist
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- plucked
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- breasts
- chordophones
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures
- figures (representations)
- forms of expression
- genres
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones with short neck
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- photographs
- photographs by processing or presentation technique
- photographs by technique
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 836 x 1185
- File Size
- 76 KB
- Record
- 1971/2.150.4
- Link to this Item
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"Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"; Brassaï (Gyula Halász)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.150.4/1971_2.150.4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
