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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1995.235
People
Lucien Clergue, French (Arles, France 1934 - 2014 Nîmes, France)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
20th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/282983

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 17.7 x 27 cm (6 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Lucien Clergue
  • inscription: inscribed in black ink beneath the image on the sheet, lower left corner: V uc; inscribed in black ink beneath the image on the sheet, lower right corner: Lucien Clergue.; inscribed in black ink on front face of the folder, lower right corner: à Lucien Clergue, pour lui dire combien j'avais été touché de la façon dont il avait su parler de sa mère, l'associant à ses photos, comme je l'ai fait de la mienne au texte que voici. Roland Barthes; printed in black ink on the left inside face, lower left corner: A Lucien Clergue, Pour lui dire combien j'avais été touché de la façon dont il avait su parler de sa mère, l'associant à ses photos, comme je l'ai fait de la mienne au texte que voici. Roland Barthes, janvier 1980 dédicace sur la page de garde de la Chambre Claire.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Willy and Charlotte Reber, Valbella, Switzerland, from the artist, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Gift of Charlotte Reber
Copyright
© Lucien Clergue Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY / SAIF, Paris
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
P1995.235
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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