Ida Kar

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• Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Sitter associated with 137 portraits, Artist associated with 1480 portraits.

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• Suren Stepanian (1895-1971), Sculptor. Artist associated with 2 portraits.

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This caricature of Kar as part-camera, wearing her signature Armenian hat, was made during her 1957 visit to the country and the result of one of several sittings with artists. She wrote to Musgrave: 'I am becoming a heroic figure for them [the Armenians]. They will never forget me….One day I am posing for a painter, the next for sculptor…I am becoming almost legendary…'

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• Eyeglasses and spectacles
• Words and inscriptions