Two naked Sicilian boys, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1900.

Gloeden, Wilhelm von, Baron, 1856-1931.

Date:: 22 June 1900

Reference:: 529718i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographs by Wilhelm von Gloeden and Wilhelm von Plu̎shcow.
  - Two naked Sicilian boys, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1900.529718i

About this work

Publication/Creation

Taormina : W. von Gloeden, 22 June 1900.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 22.5 x 16.9 cm

Series

Photographs by Wilhelm von Gloden and Wilhem von Plüschow.

Contributors

Lettering

W. v. Gloeden Kunstverlag deponirt 22 Jun 1900 Taormina Sicilia Bears pencilled number on verso: 1189 The lettering is rubber-stamped on the verso

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 529718i

References note

Alison Smith (ed.), Exposed: the Victorian nude, London 2001, no. 107, p. 178

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in 'Exposed: the Victorian nude' at Tate Britain, London, 1 November 2001-27 January, 2002; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1 March-2 June, 2002; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 6 September, 2002-5 January, 2003; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, February-May 2003; Geidai Museum (University Art Museum), Tokyo, June-August 2003

Exhibited 'Institute of Sexology' [exhibition] at Wellcome Collection, London, 19 Nov 2014 - 20 Sept 2015

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.