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There are more than five million objects in the Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. Many records contain legacy descriptions. A review and update of our records is ongoing.
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Call Number: |
PH-00079 |
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Collection Name: |
Ida Kar Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
124 photographs |
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Span Dates: |
1953-1964 |
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Description: |
The collection consists of 124 gelatin silver prints by Ida Kar (British, 1908-1974, born Russia) dating from 1953 to 1964. The collection consists largely of portrait photographs featuring prominent men and women associated with the arts, including painters, sculptors, authors, poets, playwrights, composers, and museum directors. These photographs capture Kar's signature style of photographing her subjects in their familiar surroundings relying largely on the natural light of the location, as well as her belief "that a picture naturally dictates its right size and shape" whether that be 20 x 24 inches or over 6 feet. Notable sitters include Henry Moore, Somerset Maugham, T. S. Eliot, Brendan Behan, Barbara Hepworth, Noel Coward, Cecil Beaton, Man Ray, Marc Chagall, Georges Braque, Hans Arp, Moyano, Le Corbusier, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean-Paul Sartre among others. |
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Accession No(s): |
964:0081:0001-0037 -- Purchase, 1963; 964:0081:0001-0037; 964:0364:0001-0077; 964:0365:0001-0006; 964:0366:0001-0004; 964:0364:0001-0077 -- Purchase, 1964 (R 3029) |
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Finding Aid URL: |
https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00273 |
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Location(s): |
K Box, Extra Large (964:0081:0006) Kar, I., Box 1-3 Flat File (964:0081:0023) Vertical storage (964:0364:0001-0077) |
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See Also: |
Literary Files: Manning, Olivia (980:0102:0010) 6G:LF:Manning, Olivia Literary Files: London Magazine (980:0097:0002) 6G:LF:London Magazine |