Group of Anjouan women with face-paint, Union of Comoros, Africa, 1938

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Group of Anjouan women with face-paint, Union of Comoros, Africa, 1938
Group of Anjouan women with face-paint, Union of Comoros, Africa, 1938
Artist/Maker (French-Swiss, born Hungary, 1906 – 2003)
Date1938
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (21.6 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.76
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Additional Details

Markings Verso, top right corner, black ink (stamp) in a square: "MENTION OBLICATORE Reportage Almasy"

Verso, bottom middle, black ink (stamp): "PHOTO ALMASY"
Published References Illustrated: AKG Images Identifier AKG302457 (variant)
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (pencil): "PAL-4170"

Verso, bottom middle (pencil): "6"

Verso, (blue pencil): crossed out stamps
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Date: 1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.70
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Zulu women show their jewelry to European visitors, South Africa, 1953
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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Paul Almásy
Date: 1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.60
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Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.63
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Paul Almásy
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.64
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.67
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Paul Almásy
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.68
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Paul Almásy
Date: 1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.69
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Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.78
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Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.11
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Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.12
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