MATA HARI (1876-1917). Photographic reproduction signed ("Mata Hari"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1907]. 51 x 109 mm. (2 x 4.5.16 in.) image size, 70 x 129 mm. (2¾ x 5 1/16 in.) including mount, minor wear to edges. A full-length profile pose of the notorious spy, lying nearly naked on her stomach, with elbows bent and her head resting in her hands, boldly signed on the upper portion of the image. Rare.

MATA HARI (1876-1917). Photographic reproduction signed ("Mata Hari"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1907]. 51 x 109 mm. (2 x 4.5.16 in.) image size, 70 x 129 mm. (2¾ x 5 1/16 in.) including mount, minor wear to edges. A full-length profile pose of the notorious spy, lying nearly naked on her stomach, with elbows bent and her head resting in her hands, boldly signed on the upper portion of the image. Rare.

細節

MATA HARI (1876-1917). Photographic reproduction signed ("Mata Hari"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1907]. 51 x 109 mm. (2 x 4.5.16 in.) image size, 70 x 129 mm. (2¾ x 5 1/16 in.) including mount, minor wear to edges. A full-length profile pose of the notorious spy, lying nearly naked on her stomach, with elbows bent and her head resting in her hands, boldly signed on the upper portion of the image. Rare.

"She was born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, but that was hardly a name for an exotic dancer. The notorious World War I spy, executed by the French in 1917, must have been better at concealing secrets than is apparent here"--W.M.

來源

Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., Wellesley, Mass., 1972.