Coburn, Alvin Langdon
British (b. US, 1882-1966)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Le Penseur

1906
gum platinum print
28.7 x 22.9 cm.
Gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn
GEH NEGS: 20843 13314
67:0155:0032

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 421.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, October 14, 1977 - January 29, 1978.//
"Alvin Langdon Coburn: Symbolist Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"The Portrait of Writers", Italy, Turin, Mole Antonelliana, April - June, 1987.//

INSCRIPTION: mount verso-(handwritten in pencil) title, "1906", (circled) "7", "FP-2"

NOTES: Catalogued 4/85, KC. The sitter for this photograph was Coburn's long time friend, George Bernard Shaw.

SUBJECTS:
study, nude
personage, literary / Shaw, George Bernard