The Creator of the Benda masks and Their Wearer: Mr. W. T. Benda and Miss Margaret Severn

The Creator of the Benda masks and Their Wearer: Mr. W. T. Benda and Miss Margaret Severn

Photograph

Nickolas Muray

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965

The Creator of the Benda masks and Their Wearer: Mr. W. T. Benda and Miss Margaret Severn

ca. 1926
Gelatin silver print
Image: 34.7 x 27.1 cm
Overall: 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray, 1970
Inscriptions recto (white ink): [signed] Muray

verso (pencil): MARGARET
SEVERN [arrow pointing left] BENDA

(blue ink): BENDA MASKS
BENDA WITH
MARGARET SEVERN

(stamped): PHOTO BY
MURAY

(stamped): MRS. NICKOLAS MURAY
2401 RIVER RD.
PT. PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY

(stamped): NICKOLAS MURAY
333 East 49 St. - 6R
New York 17, N. Y.
[crossed out in blue ink]

(blue pencil): CROP LEFT

(pencil): 1.40
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