Lily of the Valley of the Metro (Le Muguet du Métro), from "Portfolio of Photographs, 1979" / Robert Doisneau

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Accession Number: 1984/1.259.4
Title: Lily of the Valley of the Metro (Le Muguet du Métro), from "Portfolio of Photographs, 1979"
Artist: Robert Doisneau
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1912-1994
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1953; printed 1979
Credit Line: Gift of Carl W. Melcher
Inscription: Signed on reverse center, in black ink: Robert Doisneau
Dimensions: 40.7 cm x 30.4 cm (16 in. x 11 15/16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: clothed; groups; interiors; lily; males; seated; subways
Secondary Keywords: figures; flowers; genres; modern and contemporary art; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; trains; transportation
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 945 x 1211
File Size: 61 KB
Record: 1984/1.259.4
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-1.259.4/1984_1.259.4.jpg

In public portfolios: Photographic portraiture 1949-1969 (72); photojournalism (194); RSlavinMedElective2014 (20); Transportation (392); UMMA Teaching and Learning - M2 Elective 2013 (20)

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Full citation: "Lily of the Valley of the Metro (Le Muguet du Métro), from "Portfolio of Photographs, 1979"; Robert Doisneau." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-1.259.4/1984_1.259.4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.