Farandole dance -- holding hands through the magic choreography and spreading magnificent short forces and sacred rounds, Camargue, Provence, France

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Farandole dance -- holding hands through the magic choreography and spreading magnificent short forces and sacred rounds, Camargue, Provence, France
Farandole dance -- holding hands through the magic choreography and spreading magnificent short forces and sacred rounds, Camargue, Provence, France
Artist/Maker (French, 1902 – 1999)
Date1947
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (18.4 × 13.7 cm) Image: 5 3/4 × 5 3/8 in. (14.6 × 13.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.33
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, center (black ink stamp): "tous droits réservés. / reproduction interdite / sans la mention / photo / BELLON-ADEP / ADEP, Agence de Documentation / et d'Edition Photographies / 2, Rue Saint-Simon, A [illegible] -7e / Téléphone : BABylone 11-71"
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "DB-007 / 17364"
Verso, top right corner (red pencil): "146"
Verso, top right (pencil): "58"
Verso, bottom half (pencil): "Farandole de Provence / Le fenir par la main passe / dans la chorégraphie magique / pour établir un couraunt magnefique / de farees [sic] - aiuse le rondes sacrees. farandoles. [illegible] / légalement de venir par les épaules."
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