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Adrienne Fidelin, The Hidden Muse

Adrienne “Ady” Fidelin cut a striking figure, whether it was in a candid shot or on the cover of a magazine. Thanks in part to her close affiliation with surrealist artist circles—she had a relationship with Man Ray and was friends with Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar—Fidelin’s image spread far and wide during the early 20th century.

But history still tried to erase her.

Humble Beginnings

Born in Guadeloupe in 1915, Fidelin eventually emigrated to Paris. She soon met Man Ray and his Bohemian circle, and started dating the artist despite being 25 years his junior.

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Besides dancing and occasionally acting, Fidelin quickly began posing for Man Ray and is identifiable in many of his works. Yet her romantic life is hardly the limit of her career.

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On September 15,1937, she appeared in a spread in Harper’s Bazaar, likely the first time a Black model was in a mainstream American magazine.

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