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Artist/Maker
Paul Almasy
(French-Hungarian, 1906 – 2003)
Date1960-1969
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 7 1/4 × 10 in. (18.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.173
Not on view
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Additional Details
Provenance
2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
From the collection of Charles-Henri Favrod, the founding director of the Musée de l'Elysée de la Photographie in Lausanne, Switzerland
From the collection of Charles-Henri Favrod, the founding director of the Musée de l'Elysée de la Photographie in Lausanne, Switzerland
Markings
Verso, center: "WHO/8421 COLOMBIA - SMALLPOX/ A campaign for the eradication of smallpox is taking place in Colombia. A/ WHO/assisted mational team goes from farm village to village and from house to/ house investigating the state of health of the people and vaccinating the/ whole population against smallpox. Our photos show the work of the team in/ the province of Atlantico, a mountainous and arid region near Barranquilla./ This is the centre of one of the largest villages in the region - Juan de/ Acosta, which has 200 inhabitants./ WHO/photo by Almsay"
Verso, center: "[EDITIONS RENCOUNTRE/ Presse et Information/ Iconographie/ Ch. d'Entre-Bois 33/ 1018 LAUSANNE Suisse/ Ref. ________/ Titre Colombie/ (illegible)/ (illegible)/ Origine Who/Almsay/ A restituer apres usage,/ (illegible) accord particulier./ (illegible) reserves"
Verso, center: "[EDITIONS RENCOUNTRE/ Presse et Information/ Iconographie/ Ch. d'Entre-Bois 33/ 1018 LAUSANNE Suisse/ Ref. ________/ Titre Colombie/ (illegible)/ (illegible)/ Origine Who/Almsay/ A restituer apres usage,/ (illegible) accord particulier./ (illegible) reserves"
Inscribed
Verso, center left: "FCC F 714"
Verso, bottom right corner: "PAL-F-13 3000-"
Verso, top right: "AMERIQUE, / Colombie"
Verso, bottom right corner: "PAL-F-13 3000-"
Verso, top right: "AMERIQUE, / Colombie"
Paul Almasy
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Paul Almasy
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.169
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Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.170
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Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.172
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.174
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