Rio, 1963

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Artist/Maker	Horvat, Frank (photographer)
Place of origin	Rio de Janeiro (Made) Brazil (made) Salford (made) Great Britain (made)

Black and white photograph of a circle of people in white dresses standing, hand in hand, around a caged snake.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Title	Rio, 1963
Materials and techniques	Gelatin-silver print
Brief description	Black and white photograph of a circle of people standing, hand in hand, around a caged snake, Frank Horvat, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), 1963
Physical description	Black and white photograph of a circle of people in white dresses standing, hand in hand, around a caged snake.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 24.7cm Sheet width: 36.4cm Image height: 23.8cm Image width: 35.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	Pour invoquer une divinitée, on a introduit un python dans la cercle formé par l’assemblée (picture title; French; Handwritten caption, transposed from magazine tear sheet; Reverse) From the John Hillelson Collection (Distributor's identification; Stamp; Reverse)
Credit line	Given by John and Judith Hillelson
Subject depicted	Snakes
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.105-2003

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Record created	May 14, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80746/rio-1963-photograph-horvat-frank/

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