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Artist/Maker
Pierre Verger
(French, 1902 – 1996)
Datec. 1939 - 1946
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18 cm)
Image: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.266
Not on view
DescriptionAfter the flagellation dance, the performer is broken and flogged to the point of fainting - He is then laid on the "rods of life" where he will regain his senses; the "rite of passage" is accomplished.
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Additional Details
Markings
Verso, bottom middle (black ink stamp): "tous droits reserves. / reproduction interdite / sans la mention / photo / VERGER-ADEP / ADEP Agence de Documentation / ... / Telephone : BABylone 11-71"
Inscribed
Verso, top left (pencil): "PV-1014 1500"
Verso, top left (pencil): "21/019"
Verso, top middle (pencil): "Cuzco -- Danse de la Flagellation"
Verso, middle (blue pen): "Apres la danse de flagellation l'esecutant est rompu fusgee a l'evanouissement - On el couche alors sur les "verges de vie" ou il reprendra ses sens le rite "de passage" est accompli."
Verso, top right (red pencil): "129"
Verso, left top to bottom (pencil): long, double ended arrow with "reduine a 8cm de haul"
Verso, left top to bottom (red marker): long, double ended arrow with "80 m/m"
Verso, top left (pencil): "183"
Verso, middle left (black pen): "9120"
Verso, middle (pencil): "29 557"
Verso, bottom right (red pencil): "B"
Verso bottom right (red marker): "Photo 6"
Verso, bottom right (blue pen, encircled): "430"
Verso, top left (pencil): "21/019"
Verso, top middle (pencil): "Cuzco -- Danse de la Flagellation"
Verso, middle (blue pen): "Apres la danse de flagellation l'esecutant est rompu fusgee a l'evanouissement - On el couche alors sur les "verges de vie" ou il reprendra ses sens le rite "de passage" est accompli."
Verso, top right (red pencil): "129"
Verso, left top to bottom (pencil): long, double ended arrow with "reduine a 8cm de haul"
Verso, left top to bottom (red marker): long, double ended arrow with "80 m/m"
Verso, top left (pencil): "183"
Verso, middle left (black pen): "9120"
Verso, middle (pencil): "29 557"
Verso, bottom right (red pencil): "B"
Verso bottom right (red marker): "Photo 6"
Verso, bottom right (blue pen, encircled): "430"
Pierre Verger
Date: 1939-1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.188
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
Jacques Callot
Date: 17th century
Medium: Etching on paper
Object number: 1983.58
Date: c. 883-859 B.C.E.
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
Bill Owens
Date: 1974
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2023.12.66
Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1939 - 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.268
Pierre Verger
Date: c. 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.267
Pierre Verger
Date: 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.263
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.113
Margaret Swan
Date: 1994
Medium: Collagraph printed from aluminum shapes riveted to a metal plate
Object number: 2025.9.14
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st century
Medium: Drawn and tooled glass
Object number: 2015.6.36

