Algeria Comble nègre - Culotte sa pipe au lieu de se culotter soi-même

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Object Details

Creator

Mattarèse, V.

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Printed text on recto reads: "Comble nègre. - Culotte sa pipe au lieu de se culotter soi-même." Translated caption reads: ''Negro Comble. - Seasoning his pipe instead of putting on drawers''. Right profile of a black man wearing a cache-sexe, sitting in a chair left leg crossed on right leg, holding a large fan in his hand, smoking a long and narrow pipe.

Additional text on recto reads: "V. Mattarèse, Philippeville (Algèrie)." Postmarked stamp on recto, postmark reads: "ALGER - 1650- 27-10-11- STRASBOURG." Verso signature reads: "G. VINCENT." Addressed to: "Monsieur et Madame Besnard - 7 rue Eugène Labiche - Paris."

Red ink stamp on verso reads: "JCB."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c6316533-aee7-47ef-93f8-e45585a92dfe

Local Numbers

EEPA AE-20-04

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Algeria

Topic

Portraits

Provenance

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

Creator

Mattarèse, V.

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1911]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-04

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1985-014_ref1140

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c6316533-aee7-47ef-93f8-e45585a92dfe

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087345-0

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