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18 x 13 cm
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Apkar Retian, an Armenian, was one of the most important photographers in Egypt during the first half of the 20th century. He was active from the 1920s to the 1960s; during this time, he was very productive and he managed to establish himself as an artist photographer. He studied next to Aram Alban, later (by the mid-1920s) taking over his photographic studio and preserving the old name till the early 1940s.
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Copy of a photograph of Cavafy in his apartment. He is depicted sitting in a sofa, in his parlour. The original photograph was taken by the photographer Racine circa 1930. Handwritten notes on the verso. It is kept in a paperboard folder bearing the logo of the Alexandria photographer, Apkar Retian.
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French
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Writing in pencil and ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Retian Apkar. “Photograph of Cavafy”. Photograph, n.d.. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F04-0007 (2048), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F04-0007.
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- Retian Apkar (Authority)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)