Seamstresses by the Seine

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© Louis Stettner. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College…
Seamstresses by the Seine
© Louis Stettner. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1922 - 2016)
Date1951 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 17 3/16 in. (34.8 × 43.7 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 7/8 in. (39.4 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2013.5.22
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Recto, lower right (blind stamp): "Louis Stettner"
Signature Signed verso, lower right (pencil): "Louis Stettner"
Inscribed Verso, lower left (pencil): "Seamstresses by the Seine 1951"
Verso, right edge (pencil): "Stet[indiscernable]"
Verso, upper ;eft edge (pencil): "LS-1140"
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