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Mrs Mayer as Medusa

Photograph
1935 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Meyer as Medusa', Vivex print, 1935


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Mrs Mayer as Medusa (generic title)
  • Goddesses (series title)
Materials and techniques
Vivex print
Brief description
Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Meyer as Medusa', Vivex print, 1935
Dimensions
  • Image height: 36.2cm
  • Image width: 29.6cm
Gallery label
Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018) A fashionable London portrait photographer, Yevonde made innovative use of the newly available Vivex colour process. This striking image belongs to her series of ‘goddess’ portraits of society women. Medusa’s face is framed by her snake-hair, and her steady stare threatens to turn the viewer to stone. Yet it is Medusa herself – or more literally Mrs Mayer – who has been frozen by the camera. Marta Weiss
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Subject depicted
Associated object
PROV.2495-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic reference
Published in V&A Publications/Thames and Hudson 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' 2018, by Marta Weiss Book caption: A fashionable London portrait photographer, Yevonde made innovative use of the newly available Vivex colour process. This striking image belongs to her series of ‘goddess’ portraits of society women. Medusa’s face is framed by her snake-hair and her steady stare threatens to turn the viewer to stone. Yet it is Medusa herself – or more literally Mrs Mayer – who has been frozen by the camera.
Other numbers
  • XRP1487 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/21730 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2348-2017

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Record createdAugust 23, 2017
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