Object Details
Creator
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
Collection Photographer
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
Collection Citation
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
"Basuto (Lesotho), 1941." Original caption by Constance Stuart Larrabee. Photographic image of three boys playing among a plant that has large aloe-like leaves and a tall trunk. Most Sotho village areas are fenced with a border of these trees. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1941.
This photograph was also published in Constance Stuart Larrabee's book "Constance Stuart Larrabee: Time Exposure." (Yale Center for British Art: New Haven, CT, 1995.)
There are thirteen 8x10 black and white fiber-based prints and one 20 x 20 cm. black and white fiber-based print of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. One of the 8x10 photographs is signed "Constance Stuart Larrabee" by the photographer. EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
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Local Note
Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 4-281
Contact Sheet Number: 320562-56
Place
Africa
South Africa
Lesotho
Topic
Sotho (Basuto)
Creator
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
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Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Sotho Peoples, Basutoland (Lesotho)
Sponsor
The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
1 Photographic print ((fiber-based print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
Date
1941
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-062667
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
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
Photographic prints
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
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