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Artist/Maker
Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904 - 1980)
Sitter
Swen Fujuin
(Chinese)
Date1944, published 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (19.4 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (19.4 × 19.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of David A. Garfinkel, Class of 1978
Object number1983.115
Not on view
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Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Peking Opera Theatre (Swen Fujuin)
Character of the Chinese theater from the "Chinese Album"
Character of the Chinese theater from the "Chinese Album"
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.
2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Permanent Collection," February 19 - April 15, 2007 (no catalog).
Clinton, NY (Hamilton College). On view in Asian Studies department conference room in Kirner-Johnson building, August 21, 2009 - February 1, 2011.
2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Permanent Collection," February 19 - April 15, 2007 (no catalog).
Provenance
1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of David A. Garfinkel.
Markings
Stamp: "CECIL BEATON / PHOTOGRAPH" on verso at lower center in blue ink.
Label: Adhesive label with "BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (MINISTRY OF INFORMATION) / CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. / (Picture issued 1945.). / IB.2620/C. PEKING OPERA THEATRE. / Picture taken in Peking Opera Theatre evacuated to Chengtu. / Picture shows:- [underlined] Swen Fu-juin, a famous Chinese actress, / wearing a green satin robe ornamented with gold sequins / and an elaborate headdress set with diamonds and coloured stones" in typeset on verso at lower center.
Label: Adhesive label with "BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (MINISTRY OF INFORMATION) / CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. / (Picture issued 1945.). / IB.2620/C. PEKING OPERA THEATRE. / Picture taken in Peking Opera Theatre evacuated to Chengtu. / Picture shows:- [underlined] Swen Fu-juin, a famous Chinese actress, / wearing a green satin robe ornamented with gold sequins / and an elaborate headdress set with diamonds and coloured stones" in typeset on verso at lower center.
Inscribed
"BE503" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944, published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.114
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944, published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.111
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944 (published 1945)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.110
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944; published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.113
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944; published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1982.15
Cecil Beaton
Date: 1944; published 1945
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.112
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.20
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.29
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil and green crayon on paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.30
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.503.31
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: c. 1957 (printed 2003)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.4