DescriptionKurt Seligmann Italian museum passport (cropped).jpg
English: Italian museum passport with photo of artist Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962). 4x5 black-and-white negative. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Date
between 1927 and 1928
date QS:P,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University [1]
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