Adrienne "Ady" Fidelin (March 4, 1915 – February 5, 2004) was a
Guadeloupe
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an
art model. She was a romantic partner and model of
Man Ray
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American naturalized French visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, ...
who photographed her hundreds of times.
The ''
New York Times
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'' profiled her in 2022.
[ She is in the 2023 film '' Lee'' about photographer ]Lee Miller
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art pho ...
. A copy from a 1937 gelatin silver print photograph by Lee Miller
Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art pho ...
of a topless Nusch Eluard, Paul Eluard
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, Roland Penrose
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, Man Ray
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American naturalized French visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, ...
, and a topless Ady Fidelin is at the National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
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*National Portrait Gallery, London
...
in London.[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw235767/Picnic-Nusch-Eluard-Paul-Eluard-Roland-Penrose-Man-Ray-Ady-Fidelin?LinkID=mp141689&role=sit&rNo=0&_gl=1*1bkkfzw*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYzMjIwNTA1OS4xNzUxMjk3OTA2*_ga_3D53N72CHJ*czE3NTEyOTc5MDUkbzEkZzEkdDE3NTEyOTc5MDckajU4JGwwJGgw]
See also
*Nusch Éluard
Nusch Éluard (born Maria Benz; 21 June 1906 – 28 November 1946) was a French performer, model and surrealist artist.
Born Maria Benz in Mulhouse (then part of the German Empire), she met Swiss architect and artist Max Bill in the Odeon Cafà ...
References
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1915 births
2004 deaths
Artists' models
Guadeloupean women