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Jacques Henri Lartigue
[The Kite]

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Black and white photograph of a large winged kite crash-landing on a beach, with a crowd of figures in early twentieth-century dress watching from the sand below
Gelatin silver print of a crowded beach scene with figures in late 19th-century dress watching a large angular kite or glider descending toward the sand, rocky coastline visible in the background.
Artist or Maker
Jacques Henri Lartigue
France, 1894-1986
Title
[The Kite]
Place Made
France
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (35.88 × 23.97 cm) Primary support: 15 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (39.69 × 29.85 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.64 × 40.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1230
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography