The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Jean-Paul Riopelle

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Faking It Symposium: Constructed Truths

The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, outlines the history of photography in the courtroom and the inherent problems in regarding photographs as true.

Part Six of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

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This program is made possible by Joyce Frank Menschel.

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Jean-Paul Riopelle

Yousuf Karsh (Canadian (born Armenia), Mardin 1908–2002 Boston, Massachusetts)

Date:: 1965
Medium:: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:: 27.0 x 34.3 cm. (10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gift of Harry Kahn, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.1098.29

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Photographer's stamp in ink on print, verso LC: "COPYRIGHT // THE FOLLOWING CREDIT LINE MUST BE USED // [copyright symbol] KARSH, OTTAWA"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso UC: "Jean-Paul Riopelle"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso LR, sideways: "Riopelle"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso LC: "No.F.O.T. // Jean Paul Riopelle"
Provenance

Yousuf Karsh, via Jo Tartt
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