Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, sitting on stage

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Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, sitting on stage
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, sitting on stage
Artist/Maker (Austrian, 1923 – 2018)
Date1957
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 × 7 in. (25.1 × 17.8 cm) Image: 9 7/8 × 7 in. (25.1 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.236
Not on view
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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
Markings Verso: *cropping, situating marks*
Verso, bottom right (stamp): "[© Erich Lessing, magnum]"
Inscribed Verso, top left: "XIII, 23 EL-F-22 / 3500-"
Verso, top center: "FCC F5660 F268+9"
Verso, top right: "Karajan"
Verso, center: "40%" (circled), "232" (circled), "72 mm / 45 mm," and "57.8-15/4 (crossed out)"
Austrian Conductor Herbert von Karajan Rehearsing for the Lucerne Festival, Berlin
Austrian Conductor Herbert von Karajan Rehearsing for the Lucerne Festival, Berlin
Erich Lessing
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.237
Austrian Conductor Herbert Von Karajan rehearses a scene of Beethoven's Fidelio, Salzburg Music Festival
Austrian Conductor Herbert Von Karajan rehearses a scene of Beethoven's Fidelio, Salzburg Music Festival
Erich Lessing
Date: 1957
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.235
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Erich Lessing
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Erich Lessing
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Gertrude Fehr
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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