Actress Julia Borisova of the Vakhtangov theatre company, Moscow, from the series "Le Théâtre"

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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"
Artist/Maker (Swiss-French, born Switzerland, 1924 – 2021)
Date1962
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 3/16 in. (23.8 × 18.3 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 3/16 in. (23.8 × 18.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.265
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, center (yellow paper label, black ink): “volume: ['Theatre' written in red ink] / page: ['84' written in red ink] / photo: ['92' written and circled in red ink] / format: ['5,4 x 7,6' written in red ink]”
Verso, center right (stamp, blue ink): “MENTION OBLIGATOIRE / PHOTO SABINE WEISS / 29, Bᵈ Murat, PARIS-XVIᵉ / Tél. : MIR. 67-31”
Inscribed Verso, upper left edge (pencil): “SW-F-002”
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): “3800-”
Verso, upper center edge (pencil): “FCC F 7492”
Verso, upper right corner (pencil): “1”
Verso, upper center (pencil): “Julia BORISOVA / du Compagnie Vakhtangov de / Borisova [crossed out] Moscow”
Verso, lower center (pencil): [sideways] “- 21”
Verso, left edge (pencil): [vertical line drawn down entire height of sheet along left side creating a margin area that is also crossed out. Possibly marking where the image should be cropped or matted for publication/display.]
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"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.267
Show by Tennessee Williams, staged by Postec, at the Alliance-Francaise, from the series "Le Théâtre"
Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.268
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
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Sabine Weiss
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.270
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
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Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.182
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Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.184
The Spanish Lady and the Roman Horseman at the Theatres des Champs-Elysees Paris, from the series "L'Opéra"
Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.185
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Wayne Miller
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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