Basuto (Lesotho)

Object Details

Local Note: Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 4-281; Contact Sheet Number: 320562-56

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.)

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), 1941." Original caption by Constance Stuart Larrabee. Photographic image of three boys playing among a plant that has large aloe-like leaves and a tall trunk. Most Sotho village areas are fenced with a border of these trees. 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.); There are thirteen 8x10 black and white fiber-based prints and one 20 x 20 cm. black and white fiber-based print of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. One of the 8x10 photographs is signed "Constance Stuart Larrabee" by the photographer. EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.

Collection Restrictions: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.