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Artist/Maker
Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904 - 1980)
Date1944; published 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 7 11/16 in. (20.3 × 19.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of David A. Garfinkel, Class of 1978
Object number1983.113
Not on view
DescriptionChina 1944: A Chinese man dramatically lit as he stands between sun and shadow in Chengtu.
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
In a Chengdu Street
Exhibition History
2009-2011
Clinton, NY (Hamilton College). On view in Asian Studies department conference room in Kirner-Johnson building, August 21, 2009 - February 1, 2011.
Clinton, NY (Hamilton College). On view in Asian Studies department conference room in Kirner-Johnson building, August 21, 2009 - February 1, 2011.
Provenance
1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of David A. Garfinkel.
Markings
Adhesive label in typeset on verso at lower center: IB. 2482A/C. BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (MINISTRY OF / INFORMATION) CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. / (Picture issued 1945). / IN A CHENGTU STREET. / Picture shows:- [underlined] A man's face in sunlight by a shop window; stamp in blue ink on verso at lower center: CECIL BEATON / PHOTOGRAPHY
Signature
Signed with stamp in blue ink on verso at lower center: CECIL BEATON / PHOTOGRAPHY
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: "BE503"; stamped in lower center: "CECIL BEATON \ PHOTOGRAPH"; tombstone attached on lower center
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.114
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Date: 1944, published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.111
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.112
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