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Coffin collection of photographs of Bali, Cham, Javanese, Khmer and Thai art, architecture and sculpture [picture]
Bib ID 1430183
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline
Author
Coffin, Yves, 1924-2016
 
Online Versions
Description [196-?] 
1300 photographs ; 24 x 18 cm. 
Summary

The Javanese series consists of 1000 photographic prints from most of the temple sites such as Borobadur, Sari, Sewu, Pringapus, Mendut, Kidul, Lara Djonggrong et al. and items from the collection of the National Museum in Djakarta. The Cham series numbers 300 photographs taken from the Municipal Museum, Danang and the National Museum, Saigon.

Biography/History

Mr Yves Coffin, formerly a member of the French Consular Service stationed in Phnom-Penh and a very able photographer, systematically assembled collections of photographs of Javanese, Cham and Khmer architecture and sculpture.

Notes

PIC Album 1259/1-50 #PIC/9192/1-5861 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-140366892

File P23/1/209

Cited In

Burmester, I, p. 159.

Index/Finding Aid Note List available (96 p.). 
Subjects Sculpture, Chams -- Vietnam -- Photographs.  |  Sculpture, Javanese -- Photographs.  |  Sculpture, Khmer -- Photographs.  |  Sculpture, Thai -- Photographs.  |  Sculpture, Balinese -- Photographs.  |  Architecture, Balinese -- Photographs.  |  Architecture, Vietnamese -- Photographs.  |  Architecture, Javanese -- Photographs.  |  Architecture, Khmer -- Photographs.  |  Architecture, Thai -- Photographs.  |  Art, Khmer -- Photographs.
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