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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
Annunciation (Jean Cocteau as Archangel Gabrel and Edith de Beaumont as Virgin Mary) Villa Croisset Grasse
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2023.

Annunciation (Jean Cocteau as Archangel Gabrel and Edith de Beaumont as Virgin Mary) Villa Croisset Grasse

Artist Jean Cocteau (French, 1889 - 1963)
DateJanuary 1918
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 2 15/16 × 3 7/8 in. (7.5 × 9.8 cm)
Overall, Support (sheet): 3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in. (9 × 11.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase in memory of Ann and Sol B. Frank
Object number2023.11
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DescriptionThis small black-and-white photograph shows two people posing against a Romanesque building, acting out the Annunciation of the birth of Christ by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
Label TextJean Cocteau, French 1889 – 1963 Annunciation (Jean Cocteau as Archangel Gabriel and Edith de Beaumont as the Virgin Mary), Villa Croisset, Grasse, January 1918 Gelatin silver print Museum purchase in memory of Ann and Sol B. Frank 2023.11
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