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Call Number:

PH-00978

Collection Name:

Frederic Boissonnas Photography Collection

Creator:

, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946

No. of Items:

6 photographs

Span Dates:

1900-1920s, circa 1950

Description:

The collection consists of six photographs by Frederic Boissonnas (Swiss, 1858-1946). Item-level information follows.

964:0691:0001 -- Le théâtre guignol, 1900, printed circa 1950. Gelatin silver print, 15.2 x 23.3 cm;
964:0691:0002 -- Retour du théâtre, 1902, printed circa 1950. Gelatin silver print, 16.8 x 22 cm;
964:0691:0003 -- Rythmiciennes de Jacques Dalcroze, between 1918-1920, printed circa 1950. Gelatin silver print, 21.8 x 17 cm;
964:0691:0004 -- The Parthenon, 1920s. Gelatin silver print, image 12.1 x 17.4 cm;
964:0691:0005 -- Retour du théâtre, 1902, printed circa 1950. Gelatin silver print, 27.3 x 39 cm;
981:0019:0065 -- Parnasse, circa 1900-1910. Gelatin silver print, 42.3 x 57.7 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:0691:0001-0005; 981:0019:0065; Gernsheim Collection ; Purchase from Myron Wood, 1981 (R 9348)

Location(s):

B Box, Small (964:0691:0001, 0004)
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B Box, Medium (964:0691:0002-0003)
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B Box, Large (964:0691:0005)
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B Box, Extra Large (981:0019:0065)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	[Etude ‘Le théâtre guignol’]
Date	February 1900, printed circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	15.2 x 23.3 cm; 6 x 9 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0691:0001

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	[Etude ‘Retour du théâtre’]
Date	1902, printed circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	16.8 x 22 cm; 6 3/5 x 8 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0691:0002

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	Rythmiciennes de Jacques Dalcroze.
Date	1918-1920, printed circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	21.8 x 17 cm; 8 3/5 x 6 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0691:0003

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	[The Parthenon]
Date	circa 1920s, printed circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 12.1 x 17.4 cm; 4 4/5 x 6 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0691:0004

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	[Le retour du théâtre]
Date	1900, printed circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	27.3 x 39 cm; 10 7/10 x 15 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0691:0005

Artist/Maker	, 1858 - 1944 or 1946, active 1878 - 1946
Title	[Swiss mountain and lake scene]
Date	ca. 1900-1910
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	42.4 x 57.6 cm; 16 7/10 x 22 7/10 in
Accession Number	981:0019:0065

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