Art & culture
Marie-Berthe Aurenche’s Photomaton strip
A named sitter in a machine-attributed portrait.
A strip identified as Marie-Berthe Aurenche is catalogued by the Centre Pompidou under PHOTOMATON.
The collection evidence
The museum records a gelatin silver print from around 1929 measuring 15.1 × 3.8 cm. Its reference is AM 2003-288 (3), within Le groupe surréaliste. The acquisition field records a 2003 purchase. The maker field and the sitter’s name perform different roles in this description.
Evidence: Collection record
Keep the sitter visible
Read the individual object before treating it only as an illustration of another artist’s biography. Compare it with the separately catalogued group portrait featuring Aurenche, Jean Aurenche and Max Ernst. The two records establish separate objects; they do not by themselves prove the exact order or circumstances of their sittings.
Sources & further reading
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