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Portrait of hands

Original Language TitlePortrait aux Mains
Artist Daniel Masclet (French, 1892 - 1969)
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 3/4 inches (28.42 × 22.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.20.4
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "28, 5X2214"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "97"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "6840".
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DescriptionSolarized image of a woman's head being loosely held between a pair of hands. She looks down with a neutral expression. Her neck and shoulders are not visible and so her head appears to float.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Daniel Masclet Estate
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