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Baron Adolf de Meyer
The Balloon Man1912

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph, an older man in a flat cap looking upward with parted lips, face half-obscured by blurred round objects in the foreground

Baron Adolf de Meyer, The Balloon Man, 1912, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Baron Adolf de Meyer
Title
The Balloon Man
Place Made
France
Date Made
1912
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Image: 8 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (21.91 × 16.9 cm) Primary support: 11 1/8 × 8 in. (28.2 × 20.3 cm) Secondary support: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (29.6 × 21 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.6 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.648
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography