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Therese Le Prat - African Mother and Child
African Mother and Child
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Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith
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Ref.#: 6031
Price: $1,250
Medium: Silver print
Mount: on original mount
Image Date: 1938c
Print Date: 1938c
Dimensions: 14 x 11-3/4 in. (356 x 298 mm)
Photo Country: Africa
Photographer Country: France
Description: The expressions and the gestures of the hands help to convey the loving attention this mother and child are paying to each other. A dynamic print. Signed by the photographer in pencil on the recto of the mount. See: Bouqueret, La Nouvelle Vision Photographique en France--1920-1940, des Annees Folles aux Annees Noires, p.21. This image was exhibited by Prat at the 1939 New York World's Fair at the French pavillion in the exposition "Un Empire, Un Drapeau" (An Empire, a French Flag). Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.