BIB_ID
425683
Accession number
MA 1764.5
Creator
Lipnitzki, Boris, photographer.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1934.
Credit line
Gift of Mme. Paul L. Léon, 1956.
Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; photograph: 90 x 64 mm
Notes
Part of a group of items (MA 1764.1-5) including three typescripts of French translations of the concluding paragraphs of the "Anna Livia Plurabelle" episode from Finnegans Wake (MA 1761.1-3), a manuscript draft of the collaborative French translation of lines from the beginning of "Anna Livia Plurabelle" (MA 1764.4), and a photograph of Paul Léon and James Joyce taken in 1934 by Boris Lipnitzki (MA 1764.5).
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotation, possibly in the hand of Herbert Cahoon: "James Joyce & Paul Léon in Joyce's apartment in Paris - 1935-1936 / courtesy Mme. Paul Léon".
Provenance
Gift of Elizabeth Lucie (Mme. Paul L.) Léon, 1956.
Summary
Portrait of James Joyce and Paul Léon, seated, facing each other, with Léon's left hand on Joyce's right arm.
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