Object Details
- Artist
- Man Ray, 27 Aug 1890 - 18 Nov 1976
- Sitter
- Alice Babette Toklas, 30 Apr 1877 - 7 Mar 1967
- Gertrude Stein, 3 Feb 1874 - 27 Jul 1946
- Exhibition Label
- This photograph shows cookbook author Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967) and Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), the writer for whom Toklas served as editor, typist, and homemaker. While living in Paris, these American women together made a life full of art, food, literature, and love. The photographer Man Ray, another American in Paris, portrayed the couple at their apartment in the style of domestic family portraits.
- Aquí aparece Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967), autora de un famoso recetario, con la escritora Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), de quien Toklas fue editora, mecanógrafa, pareja y ama de casa. En París, ambas estadounidenses hicieron una vida llena de arte, comida, literatura y amor. El fotógrafo Man Ray, otro estadounidense en París, las captó en su apartamento, al estilo de los retratos hogareños.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Isabel Wilder
- 1922
- Object number
- NPG.88.209
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2010 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 9.6 × 12.1 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/4")
- Sheet: 23.5 × 17.3 cm (9 1/4 × 6 13/16")
- Mat: 45.9 × 35.8 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/8")
- Place
- France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return
- On View
- NPG, North Gallery 232
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Home Furnishings\Furniture
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Artwork
- Artwork\Sculpture
- Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Bouquet
- Container\Vase
- Interior\Domestic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
- Container\Pitcher
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Rug
- Architecture\Fireplace
- Home Furnishings\Dishes\Saucer
- Home Furnishings\Dishes\Bowl
- Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Mug
- Art implements\Frame
- Architecture\Fireplace\Mantel
- Nature & Environment\Firewood
- Alice Babette Toklas: Female
- Alice Babette Toklas: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
- Alice Babette Toklas: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
- Gertrude Stein: Female
- Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
- Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Patron of the arts
- Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Librettist
- Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Art collector
- Gertrude Stein: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.88.209
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49acadc8e-098d-40c1-a1ae-78cfd49c32af
