Robert Doisneau
Metro Odeon

Metro Odeon

© Atelier Robert Doisneau

Metro Odeon
Metro Odeon
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Metro Odeon
Date1950
Place depictedParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection.
Object number2002.242
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 17-October 6, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in purple, verso, upper center: "News Chronicle / 24 Mar 1956"

Stamped in purple, verso, upper left: "KC 5200"

Stamped in purple, verso, center: "Photo / Robert Doisneau / AL 3559 / 46 Place Jules Ferry 46 . Montrouge . Seine / C. Cheques Postaux . Paris 395.795.RM: 68.987"

Stamped purple, verso, lower center: "RAPHO / Agence / Photographique / 8, Rue d'Alger / Opéra 42-78"

Inscribed in blue, verso, upper left: "16A"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper center: "Robert Doisneau / acknowledge to / Photography Magazine / 2128H"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "5 9/16 wide / All In / No. 1 (heavy) mile / all round / N.C.L.P.SAT / 9 Blocks"
The photograph is signed in black, recto, at the bottom edge, and in pencil, verso, at the top edge.

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