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Ascension Au Mt. Blanc, Passage d’une Crevasse

George Tairroz

Artwork Details

Ascension Au Mt. Blanc, Passage d’une Crevasse
1908
George Tairroz
photograph on paper
15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (39.69 x 29.85 cm);20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond
2020/2.74

Description

Physical Description:

A group of climbers photographed from a distance on a rocky mountainside. There is a ladder extended over a crevasse in the rock and a climber halfway across. There are two climbers on the left side of the gap and four climbers on the right.

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