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MAN RAY (AMERICAN 1890-1976)
MAN RAY (AMERICAN 1890-1976)

PORTRAITS OF BLANDENA GORDON LEE KOSSODO, PARIS 1952

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MAN RAY (AMERICAN 1890-1976)
PORTRAITS OF BLANDENA GORDON LEE KOSSODO, PARIS 1952
THREE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS, SIZES FROM 8¾ X 6¼ IN. TO 9 X 7 IN., ONE MOUNTED ON CARD, SIGNED MAN RAY PARIS IN PENCIL ON MOUNT. (3)

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BLANDENA GORDON LEE KOSSODO WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY 1915. HER INTEREST IN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES LED HER TO HER PROFESSION AS A PSYCHO-ANALIST. IN 1950 SHE TRAVELLED THROUGH EUROPE, ARRIVING IN PARIS WHERE SHE DECIDED TO SETTLE. IN PARIS SHE FREQUENTED A PIANO BAR IN MONTPARNASSE CALLED THE CHAPLAIN, WHERE SHE MET MANY ARTITS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE DAY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHE MET HER HUSBAND HELMUT KOSSODO AND HAD HER PORTRAIT TAKEN BY MAN RAY.