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Description: Mas d'Azil, France. Overlooking town and hills (with caves). Pyrenees
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25660

Description: Mas d'Azil, France. River and highway tunnel. Pyrenees
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25659

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Description: Mas d'Azil, France. Dolmen. Pyrenees
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25658

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Description: Mas d'Azil, France. Dolmen. Pyrenees
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25657

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Description: Haute Pyrenees, France. Roman-Gaul town of Lugdunum at St. Bertrand de Comminges.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25656

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Description: Haute Pyrenees, France. St. Bertrand de Comminges church, seen from Roman-Gallic ruins.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25655

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Description: Grotte du Portel, Ariege, France. Confronting bisons.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25650

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Description: Grotte du Portel, France. Bison (l. 4') on wall at rear.
Date of Photo: Aug. 1959
Holdings: 35mm slide: 25649

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Description: France, Niaux (Ariege); a) Black Hall bison, b) ibex.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13306

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Description: France, Niaux (Ariege); wounded horse.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13302

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Description: France, Mas d'Azil (Ariege); antler engraving of animal.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13290

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Description: France, May d'Azil (Ariege); bone engravings, animals drawn by Breuil.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13289

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Description: France, Niaux (Ariege); two bison.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13286

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Description: France, Niaux (Ariege); ibex of the Black Hall.
Date of Photo: 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13279

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Description: Niaux (Ariege), France. Bison.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13273

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Description: France, Ariege; animals in the "Black Hall".
Date of Photo: Mar. 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13270

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Description: France, Grotto des Trois Freres; two ibexes.
Date of Photo: Mar. 1972
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13254

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Description: France, Pech-Merle (right part of a group of horses with bodies covered with spots.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13248

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Description: France, Pech-Merle (Lot); mammoth of the "Black Fresco".
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13247

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Description: France, Pech-Merle (Lot); stencil of hand at entrance of passage way of female bison.
Date of Photo: 1973
Holdings: 35mm slide: 13242

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Description: Upper Paleolithic cave art. Niaux Cave Period: Late Magdalenian, ca. 12,000 -14,000 B.P. Bison outlines cut from clay floor, carried to LS outcrops and molded by hand. 122 cm each. (Original teaching slide code: LF-9)
Date of Photo: 1978
Holdings: 35mm slide: 20420

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Description: Upper Paleolithic cave art. Site: Peche Merle, France. Period: Late Magdalenian, ca. 12,000 -14,000 B.P. Note: numerous superpositions of images. (Original teaching slide code: LF-8)
Holdings: 35mm slide: 20419

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Description: Upper Paleolithic cave art. Niaux Cave. Period: Late Magdalenian, ca. 12,000 -14,000 B.P. Painted black bison with red ochre and black "darts". (Original teaching slide code: LF-10)
Date of Photo: 1978
Holdings: 35mm slide: 20421

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Description: Azilian, Abri Pages, Rocamadour (Lot).
Holdings: 35mm slide: 10396

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Description: Azilian, Abri Pages, Rocamadour (Lot).
Holdings: 35mm slide: 10395

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Description: Azilian, Abri Pages, Rocamadour (Lot).
Holdings: 35mm slide: 10394

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Description: Niaux, France. Sketch of horse with arrows. 17/11 A major point of interest in Niaux is the symbolism and abstract character of its subject matter. This is true even when the obscurity of the symbol or the abstraction makes it difficult or impossible to comprehend the composition.; Here a long horizontal red arrow, profusely barbed, is shown, the barbs seen on the left. Above it is the sketch of a small red horse, the muzzle pointing to the right
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9294

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Description: Niaux, France. The Galleries. Bison of the "Cups" detail. 17/6 As noted, one of these cups was chosen; it served to form the globe of the eye, and with this as the probable starting point, the admirable design of a bison unfolded. We have already commented on the sure and expert line, freely engraved in the clay. But equally remarkable is the quality of the design which developed from the point-of-departure of the natural "eye," the cup. Inspire
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9293

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Description: Niaux, France. The Bison of the "cups". 17/5 One of the major works of Niaux -- indeed, of Quaternary art itself -- is this bison. Engraved in clay, it bears witness to the technique and graphic genius of the Magdalenian artist. In its way this work calls to mind the art of a Matisse, A Picasso, or one of the great Japanese print-makers. Here we see how, on this clay surface, natural cups were formed, little hollows created by drops of water fall
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9292

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Description: Niaux, France. Trout engraved in clay. 17/4 As in the cave of nearby Bedeilhac, these clay surfaces of Niaux are rich in engravings. Unfortunately, casual visitors often failed to recognize them for what they were, trampling and frequently obliterating them. Those engravings which are preserved are the exceptions, an example being this excellent trout, measuring 11 3/4" in length and found on one of the overhangs of this gallery, before coming to t
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9291

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Description: Niaux, France. Salon Noir (III) Bull engraved in clay. 14/10 The clay on the ground was a convenient setting for sketches and even complete engravings. A good number of these must have been effaced by visitors, whether from prehistoric or more recent times.; Here-- in and area to the left of the Salon Noir at the foot of the wall overhanging so as to make passage impossible -- is the engraved sketch of a bull 18 inches long, done in an unquestionabl
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9290

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Description: Niaux, France. III Small wounded ibex. 14/4 Between and to the right of the two preceding bison is an ibex of much smaller stature. The size of the ibex may have been deliberated, to minimize its importance vis-à-vis the bison. Of the panel. (In any case, the relation of the ibex to the bison gives no clue to its comparative age. The head of the ibex seems to droop under the impact of the blows it has received: two javelins in the chest.
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9289

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Description: Niaux, France. Bison with two black arrows. 10/11 Here once more we find evidence of a sense of creativity whence issued the development of the black horse seen in the proceeding slide, but this time applied to a bison. The animal, 39" long, rests on a rocky scale, securely positioned with its front feet on one side and its hind feet on the other.; Two heavily defined ritual arrows, represented by converging lines, wound the bison in its right fla
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9288

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Description: Niaux, France. Stag in natural relief. 10/8 Here we see a most remarkable, even sensational utilization of a natural relief. In this "composition" the artist built an image about the suggestion conveyed to him by a hallow in the rock. Evidently, this concavity showed itself to him a stag's head, seen from in front, or from behind. A rocky shoulder to the right obviously suggested antlers, and it would appear that the artist forthwith defined them
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9287

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Description: Niaux, France. Ibex of the Salon Noir. 6/12 The dualism between magical imperative and aesthetic suggestion allows, according to circumstances, either a happy or a tragic solution. The little horse pierced by an arrow (6/11), placed below the bison struck by three black arrows (6/7), represents a happy solution. In passing, we note a less happy solution: the vigorous croup of the large black horse here obliterates a modest little bison, drawn with
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9286

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Description: Niaux, France. Heart of the Salon Noir (detail). 6/8 On light-colored rock, starry with calcite efflorescence, the purest drawings of Niaux are seen. Here is the serene and majestic head of the great bison, pierced by three black arrows as seen in 6/7. Its expressive eye recalls that of the expertly engraved mammoth of Rouffignac (3/?). At Niaux, more than in any other cave yet discovered, the richness of detail provides an aesthetic delight: the
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9285

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Description: Niaux, (Ariege) France. Head of horse under a crystallization. The informed mind no longer questions the authenticity of Quaternary art. But one can understand the skepticism that greeted this richness of color, this elegance and finesse drawing and -- as much as anything else -- the preserved state of works to be seen in the caves. This head of a bearded horse does not differ much from its neighbor (3/10), which we have seen before. Situated on
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9284

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Description: Niaux, France. Panel, salon noir. 3/9 As far back as the 18th century, this cave had visitors, come to admire what is now called the "Salon Noir." In September 1906 these frescoes came to the attention of Emily Cartailhac and Abbe' Bruil. From then on the paintings of Niaux became part of modern scientific knowledge. The "Salon Noir," about 800 yards deep in the cave, is decorated with masterpieces of the last stage of Magdalenian art: bison, hor
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9283

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Description: Grotte de Pech-Merle. Ponctuations et main rituelles cornees de rouge.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9282

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Description: Grotte de Pech-Merle. Chevaux et main rituelles.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9281

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Description: Grotte de Pech-Merle. Bisons et bovides.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9280

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Description: Grotte de Pech-Merle. Le jeune mammoths
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9279

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Description: Grotte de Pech-Merle. Chappelle des mammoths.
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9278

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Description: Le Portel, France. Frieze of rhinoceroses. Leaving the main artery of the "Sacred Way" to enter the Breuil Gallery, on the right, the visitor comes upon this great frieze of rhinoceroses. A wide band of marly limestone, some 6' above the floor, emphasized by an upper garland of kidney-stones: such is the setting for the frieze. And this group of three magnificent rhinoceroses, moving toward the right, was to Abbé Breuil the most beautiful of quate
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9277

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Description: Le Portel, France. Five engraved mammoths (detail). This is the second mammoth on the left, actually engraved first, before the leader, since his tusks are converged by the strong dorsal line of the other. This admirable mammoth has been riddled with what appear to be ritual strokes: four on the right flank and one on the forequarters. A long scar cuts across his front, and above it are other arrow-like lines. The undeniable quest for artistic ex
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9276

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Description: Le Portel, France. Panel of engraved mammoths (detail). This is the leader of the group to the left. One of the most impressive mammoths of Rouffignac, it is expertly engraved on a marly limestone. The rendering of details is important: the long hairs adorning the farther part of the trunk, the elegance of the large curvilinear tucks, the sardonic expression of the eye. Three spear-thrusts seem to have wounded the beast; this suggests the ritual
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9275

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Description: Le Portel, France. Panel of 5 engraved mammoths. Close up image of slide #9273.
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9274

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Description: Le Portel, France. Panel of 5 engraved mammoths. ?/? This masterpiece is on the wall to the right of the Sacred Way, after the forking of the Breuil Gallery. These five mammoths provide a remarkable composition, of which we see here only the central motif: the confrontation of mammoths. Between the two leaders, facing each other, in a classically pyramidal composition a young mammoth is felicitously placed, separating the curvilinear tusks of the t
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9273

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Description: Le Portel, France. Aurignacian reindeer. 23/5 To the right of the enigmatic "hand" (23/4) and dating from the same Aurignacian phase is this beautiful sketch of a reindeer, also executed in strokes of red. If the lower part ever existed, it is now almost obliterated.; On the other hand, the dorsal line is quite clear, and especially so the magnificent development of the antlers. It is seen head on, although the back suggests an animal in profile.
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9272

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Description: Le Portel, France. Main Gallery. Magdalenian horse. 23/2 An improvement in the state of the figures is seen as we move toward the interior of the gallery: first the almost-obliterated headless bison, then the "owl," and here this well preserved horse, 21 3/4" in length.; With its lengthened muzzle turned leftward, the mane marked by double lines, and the long tail, the horse belongs to the beginning of the Magdalenian cycle. It carries -- as if they
Date of Photo: 1963
Holdings: 35mm slide: 9271

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