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Artist/Maker
Kurt Blum
(Swiss, 1922 – 2005)
Datec. 1962
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (20 × 15.9 cm)
Image: 7 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (20 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.186
Not on view
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Additional Details
Alternate Titles
The Delicate Moment of Opening the Curtain, from the series "L'Opéra"
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, center (adhered yellow label): "[volume: Opera / page: 74/75 photo: 86 / format: 11.5 x 11.7]" and (black stamp): "[copyright by / kurt blum / fotograf swb / bern tel. 20860]"
Published References
Imbert, Charles, and Kurt Blum. J'aime L'Opéra. Lausanne: Editions Rencontre, 1962. illus. pg. 147.
Inscribed
Verso, left edge (sideways blue marker): "THEATRE"
Verso, left (pencil): "Le moment délicat de l'ouverture du rideau"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "NY"
Verso, left (pencil): "Le moment délicat de l'ouverture du rideau"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "NY"
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.189
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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