Madame Yevonde
1 portrait matching these criteria:
- npg number matching 'P620'
Madame Yevonde
by Madame Yevonde
colour dye transfer print, 1940
14 7/8 in. x 12 in. (378 mm x 305 mm)
Purchased, 1995
Primary Collection
NPG P620
Sitter
Madame Yevonde (1893-1975), Photographer. Sitter in 8 portraits, Artist of 275 portraits.
Artist
Madame Yevonde (1893-1975), Photographer. Artist of 275 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
This Portrait
This self-portrait combines many aspects of Yevonde's picture making. It was also one of her last pictures made using the Vivex colour process. At the left is a still life composition made up of her photographic chemicals and camera lens. Yevonde sits within a gold old master frame which she often used in her photographs as a framing device. At the top of the picture is a version of one of her 'Goddesses series' portraits, namely The Duchess of Wellington as Hecate. In Greek mythology Hecate was a Goddess of the Underworld, Earth and Moon with powers in sorcery and black magic.
Linked Publications
Gibson, Robert; Roberts, Pam, Madame Yevonde: Colour, Fantasy & Myth, 1990 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 July - 1 October 1990), p. 95
Rideal, Liz, Mirror Mirror: Self-portraits by women artists, 2001 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12 September 2001 - 20 January 2002), p. 79
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 683
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