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Chez Nicephore Niepce 'Gras', St. Loup de Varennes, France

Photograph
1994 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A colour Polaroid transfer making reference to the oldest surviving camera photograph 'View from the Window at Le Gras' by Nicephore Niepce.


Object details

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Object type
TitleChez Nicephore Niepce 'Gras', St. Loup de Varennes, France (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Polaroid transfer colour photograph
Brief description
Photograph by Michael H. Marvins, 'Chez Nicephore Niepce, 'Gras', St Loupe de Varennes, France', Polaroid transfer colour photograph, Texas, 1994
Physical description
A colour Polaroid transfer making reference to the oldest surviving camera photograph 'View from the Window at Le Gras' by Nicephore Niepce.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 70.3cm
  • Image width: 90.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and inscribed in red crayon 'Marvins 2/10' and inscribed in ink on the back with title and '© 1994 M.H. Marvins Houston Texas 1st Photograph 1827'.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection
Accession number
E.798-1994

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Record createdApril 3, 2009
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