Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
The Maharaja of Indore

The Maharaja of Indore

© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

The Maharaja of Indore
The Maharaja of Indore
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Maharaja of Indore
Datec. 1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 13/16 in. (22.8 × 17.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 6 13/16 in. (22.8 × 17.3 cm)
Mount: 13 × 10 1/16 in. (33 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.229
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The young, Oxford-educated Maharaja of Indore, Yeshwant Rao Holkar III, was a patron of early Modernist design, surrounding himself with the aesthetic and philosophy of the 1930s avant-garde. In Paris, he and his wife wore the most fashionable Western clothes, maintained an enviable stable of racehorses, and bought a fleet of exotic cars. An elegant aesthete, the Maharaja came to the studio attired in formal evening wear, where Man Ray captured his easy but elegant pose, with an unlit cigarette between his delicate fingers and with a discreet smile.


ProvenanceDescendant of Maharaja of Indore; [purchased by Prahlad Bubbar Ltd., London]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Man Ray [signed] // Paris
Paper watermark, recto, top left edge partially cut off: [...] ER ZONEN [Van Gelder Zonen]
Inscribed in black ink, verso, top center: L. 2.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 9441
Stamped in purple ink, verso, center: MAN RAY // 31BIS RUE // CAMPAGNE // PREMIERE // PARIS - 14°
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Man Ray // Paris

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