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Elfriede Mejchar (1924 – 2020)
Puppet, Vienna, Austria, 1999
Item number 085-01863
The photographer, who is primarily known for her suburban and architectural documentation, developed a completely different, symbolic visual language in her montages. Here, she leads us into an artificial pictorial space: starting with a vividly and sharply drawn girl's hand holding a headless, worn leather doll, through cloud-like draped fabrics to the shadow of a hand in a window cross, the tangibility and degree of reality seem to diminish towards the back. The eponymous pet name, used in Germany primarily for babies, girls or lap dogs, stands for the epitome of helpless, Bambi-eyed cuteness. This clichéd child/female scheme is ironically taken to absurdity.
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Gelatin silver print Sandwich-Montage
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Image dimensions 34,4 x 27,7 cm (34,4 x 27,7 inch)
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Object dimensions 40,2 x 30,2 cm (40,2 x 30,2 inch)
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Mounting, Framing Archival mat board 60 x 50 cm, frame upon request
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Condition
Double-weight semi-matte baryta paper, excellent condition -
Annotations
Photographer's copyright stamp, signed, dated and handwritten note »8+1 (Baryt)« in pencil on the reverse -
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