The French poet Jacques Prevert at his home,18th arrondissement, Paris

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The French poet Jacques Prevert at his home,18th arrondissement, Paris
The French poet Jacques Prevert at his home,18th arrondissement, Paris
Artist/Maker (Swiss, 1933 – 2014)
Datec. 1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/8 in. × 7 in. (23.8 × 17.8 cm) Image: 8 15/16 in. × 6 in. (22.7 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.40
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "© Rene Burri - Magnum" on verso at lower right in black pen.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "RB-F-008" on verso at upper left in pencil.
"FMI9" on verso at upper left in pencil.
"Jacques Prevert" on verso at lower right in black pen.
"1956" on verso at lower right in pencil.
"56-20-342/41" on verso at lower right in pen.
Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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René Burri
Date: 1961
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.51
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René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.39
Children leaning out window towards old woman, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Children leaning out window towards old woman, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.38
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Portrait of children refugees with chicken and instrument
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René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.55
Product of the Krupp Factory, Germany
Product of the Krupp Factory, Germany
René Burri
Date: c. 1961
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.56
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Young miner wearing safety helmet, Germany
René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Study of pillar with Shell gas pump
René Burri
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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