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Image Not Available for Salvatore Ferragamo rejects a tape measure. Instead he has a better idea of the size by "grasping" the foot. His hands remind one of the skillful hands of a doctor.
Salvatore Ferragamo rejects a tape measure. Instead he has a better idea of the size by "grasping" the foot. His hands remind one of the skillful hands of a doctor.
Image Not Available for Salvatore Ferragamo rejects a tape measure. Instead he has a better idea of the size by "grasping" the foot. His hands remind one of the skillful hands of a doctor.

Salvatore Ferragamo rejects a tape measure. Instead he has a better idea of the size by "grasping" the foot. His hands remind one of the skillful hands of a doctor.

Creator Deutscher Verlag (German)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 16.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/4235
    LocationNot currently on display

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