Basuto (Lesotho) Mother and Child

Object Details

Local Note: Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 270X; Contact Sheet Number: 320562-21

See more items in: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection; Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Sotho Peoples, Basutoland (Lesotho)

Sponsor: The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Extent: 1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.); 1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.); 1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.); 1 Photographic print ((fiber-based print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.); 1 Photographic print ((vintage print)., b&w, various sizes)

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Collection Citation: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Scope and Contents: "Basuto (Lesotho) Mother and Child, 1941." Original caption by Constance Stuart Larrabee. Photographic image of a woman holding up her child and kissing the child on the cheek. She is standing in front of the stone wall of a homestead. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1941.; This photograph was also published in Constance Stuart Larrabee's book "Constance Stuart Larrabee: Time Exposure." (Yale Center for British Art: New Haven, CT, 1995.); This photograph was also published in "Natural History, September 1950, p. 316; There are eight 8x10 black and white fiber-based prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. One of them is signed "Constance Stuart Larrabee" by the photographer. There are five black and white vintage prints as well - there are two are 8x10 in., one 23.5 x 19.5 cm., 21.7 x 17cm., and 11.5 x 10.6 cm. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.

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