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The Indignant Woman

Original Language TitleLa Dame Indignée
Artist Robert Doisneau (French, 1912 - 1994)
Publisher Hyperion Press (American, 1970s)
Date1949; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 12 inches (24.29 × 30.48 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (30.16 × 40.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Carl W. Melcher
Object numberF81-50/10
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in black pen.
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in black pen: "14"
Edition/State/Proofed. 72/100
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DescriptionImage of a woman looking through a store window at a painting that depicts a nude female from behind. The woman is dressed in a dark coat and hat, her eyes are wide and her lips pursed as she gazes at the image.Gallery Label
“It was a little provocative in those days to put such a picture in the window,” Robert Doisneau said about a risqué painting hanging in a friend’s antique shop. “I saw that a lot of people glanced at the painting in the window, and their reactions were quite amusing. I thought it would make a good photo-series … I arranged with Romi [Doisneau’s friend] to sit in the shop, holding the Rolleiflex [camera] on my knee, to see if I could get some good pictures. Because there was a reflection in the window, passers-by couldn’t see what I was doing.”
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Carl W. Melcher to The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
Copyright© Atelier Robert Doisneau
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