Jacques-Henri Lartigue
August 1910: Zissou driving his 'bob on 4 wheels' with Oléo and Louis as passengers Overloaded, the bob is going to crash into a tree

August 1910: Zissou driving his 'bob on 4 wheels' with Oléo and Louis as passengers Overloaded, the bob is going to crash into a tree

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Artist Jacques-Henri LartigueFrench, 1894–1986

PublisherPublished by Time Life Books, Inc.

CultureFrench

Titles

August 1910: Zissou driving his 'bob on 4 wheels' with Oléo and Louis as passengers Overloaded, the bob is going to crash into a tree
from the portfolio JH Lartigue

Date1910, printed 1978

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 5 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (14.3 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 5/16 in. (16.2 × 21.1 cm)
Mat: 16 1/16 × 13 in. (40.8 × 33 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins

Object number2013.731.2

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Photography

Special Collections

Marvins Family Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceAuction, before 1994; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston, before 1994; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom right below image in pencil: 850/5000 U.S.

bottom left corner on the image: raised stamp-artist's device

printed in gold below image on mat: AOUT 1910: ZISSOU CONDUISANT SON "BOB A 4 ROUES" / AVEC OLÉO ET LOUIS COMME PASSAGERS / TROP CHARGE LE BOB VA ENTRER UN ARBRE
lower center of mat circular blind stamp: ENGLISH LANGUAGE / PORTFOLIO / SUPERVISED / BY / JACQUES-HENRI LARTIGUE

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