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collection owner: Robert Medley

Photographs of Robert Medley and comrades in Cyrene, Libya during the Second World War

[1944]

Photograph of Robert Medley and comrades in Cyrene, Libya during the Second World War

Date
[1944]
Medium
Photograph
Dimensions
40 × 65 mm
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Title
Photographs of Robert Medley and comrades in Cyrene, Libya during the Second World War
Date
[1944]
Description
Includes one photograph of Robert Medley leaning against a statue of a lion, another photograph of a group of men in front of ruined building with an incription on the back that reads "Carter and 2 others making a group by a classical tomb. The one I said reminded me of Poussin's famous picture in the Louvre", as well as one further photograph of the 'classical tomb' on its own.
Format
Photograph - print
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Gift of Robet Medley.
Reference
TGA 894/14/12
Surrealism Artists’ International Association

Archive context

  • The papers of Robert Medley TGA 894 (36)
    • Personal photographs of Robert Medley TGA 894/14 (23)
      • Photographs of Robert Medley and comrades in Cyrene, Libya during the Second World War TGA 894/14/12
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