Mrs Mayer as Medusa
Photograph
1935 (photographed)
1935 (photographed)
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Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Meyer as Medusa', Vivex print, 1935
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Vivex print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Mrs Meyer as Medusa', Vivex print, 1935 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | RPS.2348-2017 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2017 |
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