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Madame Laure, Paris, France
Madame Laure, Paris, France
Object number1987.53.136

Madame Laure, Paris, France

Date1948
Artist (American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/16 x 7 3/8 in. (18.9 x 18.7 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, lower center edge in ink: Madame Laure - 1948 / Paris, France.; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.136
MarkingsOn printed label, on verso lower center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126
BibliographyRosalie Thorne McKenna, Rollie McKenna: A Life in Photography (New York: Knopf, 1991), 93. ProvenanceGift of the artist
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionElderly woman sitting on a couch looking at a bird perched on her left hand

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