Werkelmann, a barrel organ player, West Berlin, 1958

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Werkelmann, a barrel organ player, West Berlin, 1958
Werkelmann, a barrel organ player, West Berlin, 1958
Artist/Maker (Austrian, 1923 – 2018)
Date1958
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.2 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.240
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, lower right (stamped): "[© Erich Lessing, magnum]"
Published References Magnum image reference PAR128664
Inscribed Verso, upper center: "FCC F 26857"
Verso, center: "58-10-10"
Verso, lower left corner: "EL-F-41" "3500"
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