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The Metronome
Le Métronome
The Metronome
Pierre Dubreuil (French (active in Belgium), 1872–1944)
1920–30
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 24.7 x 20 cm (9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2000.569
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsVerso: In pencil top ctr: 50. In pencil, top ctr, below above: Le Métronome. In purple ink, top ctr, below above: Pawel Barchau / 159, Bd Montparnasse / Paris 6e / Tel--Danton 48-42. In black ink, ctr, below above: Photo P. Dubreuil. In pencil, bottom ctr: à comparer avec / "La comédie humaiane". / frontispiece du catalogue / de l'exposition du centre / Pompidou, 1987: deux / des 3 marionetts. In pencil, l.r., below above: Coll. Florent Fels / AJ
ProvenancePawel Barchan; Florent Fels; André Jammes, Paris, sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, October 1999; Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA; from whom purchased by MFA, March 2000.