BIB_ID
453990
Accession number
MA 5040 PH 1
Creator
Briggs, John, photographer.
Credit line
Paris Review.
Description
1 photographic print
Notes
Part of Series 3 of The Paris Review Archives, which consists of photographs that were removed from the Series 1 (Editorial Correspondence) and Series 2 (Interviews) files, replaced with preservation photocopies, and placed in this series. Each folder contains a sheet describing where the items were removed from.
17.7 x 12.8 cm (image); 25.3 x 20.4 cm (sheet)
Inscriptions/Markings
Stamp on verso reads: Photograph by John Briggs. This photograph may not be printed or reproduced without the express permission of the photographer [address illegible], N.Y.C. 10019 © John Briggs. Handwritten in ink: 1971.
Provenance
Paris Review.
Summary
Head and shoulders informal profile shot of poet W.H. Auden (1907-1973) smoking a cigarette.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
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