Yevonde as Harlequin
1 portrait of Yevonde
© Mary Evans Picture Library
Yevonde as Harlequin
by Yevonde
chlorobromide print on black paper mount, 1923
7 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (198 mm x 242 mm)
Given by Yevonde, 1971
Photographs Collection
NPG x11823
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Sitterback to top
- Yevonde (Madame Yevonde) (Yevonde Middleton (née Cumbers)) (1893-1975), Photographer. Sitter in 15 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 899 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Yevonde (Madame Yevonde) (Yevonde Middleton (née Cumbers)) (1893-1975), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 899 portraits, Sitter in 15 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Clare Freestone, Yevonde: Life and Colour, 2023 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 June to 15 October 2023), p. 69
- 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. 43
- Rideal, Liz, Insights: Self-portraits, 2005, p. 74 Read entry
Yevonde presents herself as a harlequin in this self-portrait taken when she was thirty-two years old. Seated on the floor, she hides her face from the camera, allowing the pattern to take centre stage, an uncharacteristically modest pose.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- A Question of Identity: Self-Portrait Photographs 1850-2000 (20 September 2005 - 29 January 2006)
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