Record ID:
440611
Accession number:
MA 23778.3
Created:
Paris, January 23, 1923
Credit:
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Twentieth-Century Literature Fund, 2021.
Description:
1 photograph ; 120 x 179 mm
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in ink on verso in the hand of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "Photo prise par l'equipage : pilote : Slt de Saint Exupery observateur Slt Dufour á 2500ft au dessus de Paris le 23 janvier 1923 à 1h heures." ("Photo taken by the crew: Pilot: Slt de Saint Exupery. Observer: Slt Dufour at 2500m above Paris on January 23 1923 at 1 hour").
Forms part of a collection comprised of a school yearbook and 11 original photographs of or related to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (see MA 23778.1-12).
Summary:
Photograph of cloud formations taken from a plane piloted by Antoine Saint-Exupéry, 2,500 feet above Paris, January 23, 1923.
Provenance:
Purchased from Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, October 2, 2021.
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