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A black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing blotchy white face paint, a tall black hat, and frilly white collar, above a handwritten note.

[Lotte Jacobi as a clown]

Sigismund Jacobi (1860-1935)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1950, postmarked 1982

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    Image: 4 3/16 x 3 1/16 in.
    Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Sheet, Recto:

    l.l. in blue ink: Lotte as "Clown"

    l.r. in blue ink: S. Jacobi \ my father took \ this photo years \ ago

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. to l.c. in ink: Dear Carlotta, \ Think of you \ and wonder how \ you are, would \ like to hear from \ you. With good \ wishes for Christmas \ and a fair 1983, Love Lotte

    c. to l.r. in ink: Christmas 1982. \ P.S. I would love to \ exchange on [sic] of your \ photographs against \ one of mine \ Is that possible?

  • Collection Name

    Carlotta Corpron Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist

  • Accession Number

    P1988.20.19

  • Copyright

    © Lotte Jacobi Collection, University of New Hampshire

Additional details

Location: Off view
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