Scene of the Crime, Noyer Murder, Police Department Case No. 8, Paris

Original Language TitlePréfecture de Police, Noyer Murder

Artist Unknown

DateMay 30, 1905

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 3/8 inches (21.74 × 28.91 cm)
Mount: 10 9/16 × 14 5/16 inches (26.82 × 36.35 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.6.15

Signednone

InscribedOn mount recto, top, printed in black ink: "PREFECTURE DE POLICE / DIRECTION GENERALE DES RECHERCHES / Paris le 30 Mai 1905 / Affaire de la rue Erard no 8 (12 arroudt) / assassinat de Mme Vve [?] Noyer , SERVICE DE L'IDENTITE JUDICIAIRE / PHOTOGRAPHIE METRIQUE"; [Additional printed markings for scale - "Distances", "Reductions" etc.]

MarkingsOn mount verso, left edge, in pencil: "4. les 2"; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "22778-02"

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DescriptionCrime scene image on original mount to show scale. Image of facade with a group of women looking out from balcony window while blurry figures enter into cafe and storefront below.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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