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Le Manège Enchanté #4

Photograph
2010 (printed), 2007 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Aldridge, Miles (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

A colour photograph of an elaborately made-up woman with red hair reclining among carousel horses.

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleLe Manège Enchanté #4 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lambda print
Photography
Brief description
Photograph, colour, 21st century, an elaborately made-up woman with red hair reclining among carousel horses, 'Le Manège Enchanté #4', Miles Aldridge, Great Britain, 2007.
Physical description
A colour photograph of an elaborately made-up woman with red hair reclining among carousel horses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26in
  • Width: 40in
Copy number
4 of 10
Gallery label
(07 03 2014)
‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

Miles Aldridge (b.1964)
Le Manège Enchanté #4
Numero, 2007

The electrifying hues of this image are reminiscent of the work of 1930s photographers such as Madame Yevonde, who produced rich, jewel-like colours through the Vivex photographic process. Although luscious and visually alluring, this image carries a dark ambiguity: is the model sleeping or dead?

Lambda print
Given by Miles Aldridge
Museum no. E.969-2010
Credit line
Given by Miles Aldridge
Subjects depicted
Woman
Carousel Horses
Fashion Photography
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.969-2010

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172801/le-manège-enchanté-4-photograph-aldridge-miles/
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