The form of this montage is very close to the two-dimensional collages of the Russian constructivists. Like them, Tabard's picture seems to float in an immeasurable cosmic space, composed of austere planes and representations of the actual world, which are arranged in contradictory perspectives.
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Credit Line:Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Accession Number:1987.1100.84
Inscription: Stamped on original mount in ink, verso: "PHOTO [underlined and sideways]", "Maurice // TABARD // PARIS"; stamped on original mount in blue ink, verso: "29-15 [underlined and boxed in ink]"; inscribed in ink on original mount, verso: "Montager"; stamped in blue ink on original mount, verso [upside down]: "Maurice // tabard // 38 rue du vieux // pont de sèvres // boulogne seine";
[Sander Gallery to Waddell, June 16, 1982]; John C. Waddell
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 23–December 31, 1989.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 28–April 22, 1990.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 10–July 15, 1990.
High Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 5–April 28, 1991.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 8–August 4, 1991.
IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia. "The New Vision, IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia," January 20, 1995–March 26, 1995.
Hambourg, Maria Morris. The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. no. 106.
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