Jean Painlevé
Lobster Claw

ArtistFrench, 1902–1989
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Lobster Claw
  • Pince de Homard
Date1929
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.7 × 8.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in memory of Harris and Sheila Rosenstein
Object number97.147
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJean Painlevé archives
Exhibition HistoryExhibited Galerie Francois Paviot, Paris / MFAH

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso below stamp in ink "H413"
bottom left corner "g00. 198"
verso a stamp "MENTION OBLIGATIORE / COLLECTION Jean PAINLEVÉ / Les Documents Cinématographiques."
verso printed as a postcard
printed in white top edge of image"FILM JEAN PAINLEVÉ",bottom edge of image "PINCE DE HOMARD"

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