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Gerald Murphy
(American, 1888–1964) Razor, 1924, oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of the artist, 1963 © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Gerald and Sara Murphy on La Garoupe beach, Antibes, Summer 1926

Gerald and Sara Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Sara Murphy, with her legendary pearls draped over her back for sunbathing, and Ada MacLeish (under umbrella), La Garoupe beach, Antibes, 1924

Gerald and Sara Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.


Gerald Murphy (American, 1888–1964), backdrop and costumes for Within the Quota (shown in performance), 1923

Gerald and Sara Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), Man with Hat, 1920, oil on canvas

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Gift of Cary Ross (BMA.1940.63) © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris.


Gerald Murphy (1888–1964), Watch, 1925, oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of the artist, 1963 © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.



Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) The Three Graces, 1923, India ink drawing on Hôtel du Cap d’Antibes letterhead

Marina Picasso Collection (Inv. 3171) Courtesy Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland. © 2007 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.



Three Graces pose (Left to right: Rue Carpenter, Sara Murphy, and Ginny Carpenter), Antibes, c. 1923.

Gerald and Sara Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Gerald Murphy and Pablo Picasso, La Garoupe beach, Antibes, July 1923.

Gerald and Sara Murphy Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.