Behind the scenes where they concentrate before entering the stage (actors, including Jean Vilar, smoking), from the series "Le Théâtre"

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Behind the scenes where they concentrate before entering the stage (actors, including Jean Vilar, smoking), from the series "Le Théâtre"
Behind the scenes where they concentrate before entering the stage (actors, including Jean Vilar, smoking), from the series "Le Théâtre"
Artist/Maker (Swiss-French, born Switzerland, 1924 – 2021)
Date1962
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (17.7 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (17.7 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.267
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, center (yellow paper label, black ink): “volume: ['Theatre' written in black ink] / page: ['59' written in black ink] / photo: ['174' written and circled in black ink] / format: ['5,4 x 3,6' written in black ink]”
Verso, upper center (stamp, blue ink): [partially covered by yellow label] “MENTION OBLIGATOIRE / PHOTO SABINE WEISS / 29, Bᵈ Murat, PARIS-XVIᵉ / Tél. : MIR. 67-31”
Published References Illustrated: Valogne, Catherine, and Sabine Weiss. J'aime la Théâtre. Lausanne: Editions Rencontre, 1962. pg. 119
Inscribed Verso, upper center (pencil): “FCC F 7473”
Verso, upper right corner (red ink): “99”
Verso, center (pencil): [upside-down] “1290-13-31”
Verso, lower left (pencil): [upside-down] “ARTURO Ui / Daus le Foyer du TNP” [translation: “in the hearth of TNP”]
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): “SW-F-046”
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): “4500-”
Verso, diagonal (pencil): line drawn diagonally across sheet
Verso, upper and lower edges (pencil): [Horizontal lines drawn across length of sheet creating margin areas at top and bottom that are also crossed out. Possibly marking where the image should be cropped or matted for publication/display.]
Sacha Pitoëff, the son of Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëff, actor, presenter and director, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.272
Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Georges Wilson to become the old Hindsborough in "Arturo-Ui", by Bertolt Brecht, from the series "Le Théâtre"
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Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.266
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Sabine Weiss
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Wayne Miller
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Date: 1962
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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