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Josephine Baker

Dateca. 1928
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 13/16 × 6 1/2 inches (22.4 × 16.51 cm)
Mount: 11 1/8 × 8 13/16 inches (28.27 × 22.43 cm)
Mat (handling): 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.45.42
SignedSigned on image recto, top right corner, in black ink: "Walery / Paris"
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in blue ink: "ETOILES ET BEAUTES / Edition Artistique de / WALERY-PARIS / REPRODUCTION INTERDITE / COPYRIGHT"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "B"; On mount verso, top right, in pencil: "14124"
On View
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Collections
DescriptionImage of woman smiling and posing in fancy costume with feathered hat.Exhibition History

American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 9 2022–January 8 2023, no cat.

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