Peasant preparing bread, Bagdad, Iraq

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Peasant preparing bread, Bagdad, Iraq
Peasant preparing bread, Bagdad, Iraq
Artist/Maker (French-Hungarian, 1906 – 2003)
Date1946
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.2 × 16.8 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.2 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.9
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, top (blue ink stamp): "LYNX / AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA PRESSE / 142, Rue Montmartre PARIS-2e / Tel. CENtral 62-56 / R.C. Seine 57 A 12.978"
Verso, center (red ink stamp): "LYNX / AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA PRESSE / 142, Rue Montmartre / PARIS-2e / R.C. Seine 838.418"
Verso, center (purple ink stamp): "PHOTO ALMASY"
Verso, lower center (typed adhesive label): "Irak. Une paysanne prépare le pain."
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (pencil): "PAL-2544"
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