Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"

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Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Artist/Maker (Swiss-French, born Switzerland, 1924 – 2021)
Date1962
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (23.6 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (23.6 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.268
Not on view
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Markings Verso, upper left (yellow paper label, black ink): “volume: [‘Theatre’ written in black ink] / page: [‘79’ written in black ink] / photo: [‘114’ written and circled in black ink] / format: [‘5,4 x 7,7’ written in black ink]”
Verso, upper center (stamp, blue ink): [sideways] “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. 169
Inscribed Verso, upper left edge (pencil): “SW-F-050”
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): “5500-”
Verso, upper center (pencil): “FCC F 7943”
Verso, upper right corner (red ink): “34”
Verso, center (pencil): [sideways] “1290-7”-10A
Verso, lower right (pencil): [sideways] “Tennessee Williams / “Propriete Condamne” / mise en scéne Robert Postec’” [translation: “Tennessee Williams / “[This] Property [is] Condemned” / directed by Robert Postec”]
Verso, diagonal (pencil): line drawn diagonally across sheet from upper right corner to lower left corner
Verso, lower edge (pencil): horizontal line drawn across bottom of sheet creating a margin area that is also crossed out. Possibly marking where the image should be cropped or matted for publication/display.
Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.265
Georges Wilson to become the old Hindsborough in "Arturo-Ui", by Bertolt Brecht, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Georges Wilson to become the old Hindsborough in "Arturo-Ui", by Bertolt Brecht, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.266
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"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.267
Maria Becker in her dressing room with Thérèse Giehse and her partner, Zurich, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Maria Becker in her dressing room with Thérèse Giehse and her partner, Zurich, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.269
Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Salzburg, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Salzburg, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.270
Madeleine Renaud and Jean Desailly in "Take care of Amélie" by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Madeleine Renaud and Jean Desailly in "Take care of Amélie" by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.271
Sacha Pitoëff, the son of Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëff, actor, presenter and director, from the series "Le Théâtre"
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
© Walter Iooss. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton…
Serena Williams, Key Biscayne, FL
Walter Iooss
Date: 2005
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2017.23.13
Image Not Available for Mrs. George Twitchell 1794-c.1880 Born Susan Williams and Married
Mrs. George Twitchell 1794-c.1880 Born Susan Williams and Married
Daniel Huntington
Date: c. 1836
Medium: Oil on panel
Object number: 1965.6
Image Not Available for N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco..., que vous préférez les Francaises aux Africaines? (Isn't it true, brave Turco..., that you prefer French women to African women?), no. 100 from the series "Actualités (Current Events)"
N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco..., que vous préférez les Francaises aux Africaines? (Isn't it true, brave Turco..., that you prefer French women to African women?), no. 100 from the series "Actualités (Current Events)"
Honoré Daumier
Date: published August 31, 1859
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint
Object number: 1986.10
An American officer serving with the South Vietnam forces poses with group of Montagnards in front of one of their provisionary huts in a military camp in central Vietnam on November 17, 1962. They were among brought in by government troops from village where they were used as labor force by communist Viet-Cong forces. The Montagnards, dark-skinned tribesmen, numbering about 700,000 live in the highlands of central Vietnam. The Government is trying to win their alliance in its war with the Vietcong
An American officer serving with the South Vietnam forces poses with group of Montagnards in front of one of their provisionary huts in a military camp in central Vietnam on November 17, 1962. They were among brought in by government troops from village where they were used as labor force by communist Viet-Cong forces. The Montagnards, dark-skinned tribesmen, numbering about 700,000 live in the highlands of central Vietnam. The Government is trying to win their alliance in its war with the Vietcong
Horst Faas
Date: November 17, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.202
Theatre: Audience, from the series "L'Opéra"
Theatre: Audience, from the series "L'Opéra"
Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.182