Person with swimming outfit posing in front painted backdrop
Person with swimming outfit posing in front painted backdrop

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Person with swimming outfit posing in front painted backdrop,

ca. 1920

Photographer unidentified
2024-244

Information

Title
Person with swimming outfit posing in front painted backdrop
Dates

ca. 1920

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Medium
Gelatin silver print with applied coloring
Dimensions
13.7 × 8.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Object Number
2024-244
Place Made

Europe, France

Inscription
in corner: Perfect 89
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Materials
coloring, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
hand coloring
Subject
vernacular art, hand coloring, portraits, sets (architectural elements), women, bathing suits, parasols, bathing caps, tint, figures (representations)

Acquired by Peter J. Cohen, after 1985; gift to Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.

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