Marcel Marceau, 1923- – Antique Wall Art
![Marcel Marceau, 1923-, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c9/c965a86729f1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Marcel Marceau, 1923- brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Marcel Marceau, 1923-
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Marcel Marceau, the French mime born in 1923, is the figure this print is built around, and the record gives little beyond his name and a note that the photograph came from a New York City source. The caption card carries the tracings "Mimes" and a shelf mark, which places him within a longer American interest in pantomime as a stage art. Marceau rose to fame after the Second World War, when his silent character Bip, with its whitened face and striped shirt and top hat, won audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Portraits like this one were often used to publicize his touring performances.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo from European, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Mimes; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,170 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141692 |
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