Pierre Verger

Pierre Verger was a French anthropologist and photographer (1902–1996). He was born at 8th arrondissement of Paris and died at Salvador.

Also recorded as Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger; Pierre Fatumbi Verger; Pierre Édouard Léopold Verger; Pierre Edouard Léopold Verger; Fatumbi.

Pierre Verger in brief

Born
1902
Died
1996
Known for
anthropologist and photographer
Place of birth
8th arrondissement of Paris
Contents

Identity and origins

Pierre Verger was recorded at birth as Verger, Pierre Édouard Léopold. He also worked under the name Fatumbi Verger, Pierre. The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, Pierre Fatumbi Verger, Pierre Édouard Léopold Verger, Pierre Edouard Léopold Verger and Fatumbi. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was atheism.

Recognition and collections

Work by Pierre Verger is held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, J. Paul Getty Museum, Amsab - Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis Gent and Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Identity

What the record establishes about Pierre Verger.

Les Maximes générales du droit français, divisées en trois livres... par M. Pierre Delommeau, sieur du Verger,... 3e édition is dated 1614 and held by Wellcome Collection. Untitled (Chesterfield cigarette ads), Philippines is dated Late 1930s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.856). Le mémorial de Lucius Ampelius / Traduction nouvelle par M. Victor Verger. is dated 1842 and held by Wellcome Collection. Ewé : the use of plants in Yoruba society / Pierre Fatumbi Verger. is dated 1995 and held by Wellcome Collection. Untitled (Preacher), United States is dated 1934 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.855). San Francisco el Alto, Guatemala is dated 1940s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.335).

Palm Tree, El Golea, Algeria is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.858). Untitled (Sculpture), Africa is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.860). The Port of Bahia, Brazil is dated 1946/48 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.857). Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala is dated 1940s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.334). Papaya Tree, Africa is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.859). Desault, Pierre Joseph (1744-1795) is dated 1791 and held by Wellcome Collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago records 8 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 13 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 8 objects associated with this heading. Basilius Valentinus is dated 1777 and held by Wellcome Collection. Pierre Verger is recorded as anthropologist and photographer. Pierre Verger is recorded with the citizenship of France.

Works and catalogued output

What Pierre Verger produced.

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 5 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Pierre Verger is held.

A LA RECHERCHE DES PLANTES PERDUES, Les plante reouvées par les descendants culturels des Yoruba au Brésil (1997) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. JITSUVAX WP1_HCPs’ attitudes to Covid-19 mandates (2022) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Indians of Peru; (English and Spanish Edition) (1950) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. FIESTAS Y DANZAS En El Cuzco Y En Los Andes (1945) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Catalogued works

19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1614 to 1995.

Shango De (Shango Has Arrived). A-Tun Pade (We Have Met Again). Untitled (Preacher), United States, dated 1934, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.855. Untitled (Chesterfield cigarette ads), Philippines, dated Late 1930s, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.856. The Port of Bahia, Brazil, dated 1946/48, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.857. Palm Tree, El Golea, Algeria, dated 1948/53, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.858. Papaya Tree, Africa, dated 1948/53, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.859. Untitled (Sculpture), Africa, dated 1948/53, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.860. Quiche, Guatemala, dated 1940s, ferrotyped gelatin silver print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.333. San Francisco el Alto, Guatemala, dated 1940s, ferrotyped gelatin silver print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.335. Tzanjuyo, Guatemala, dated 1940s, ferrotyped gelatin silver print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.331. Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, dated 1940s, ferrotyped gelatin silver print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.334. Palin, Guatemala, dated 1940s, ferrotyped gelatin silver print, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2012.330. Ewé : the use of plants in Yoruba society / Pierre Fatumbi Verger., dated 1995, held by Wellcome Collection. Les Maximes générales du droit français, divisées en trois livres... par M. Pierre Delommeau, sieur du Verger,... 3e édition, dated 1614, held by Wellcome Collection. Les prodiges / Traduction nouvelle par M. Victor Verger., dated 1842, held by Wellcome Collection. Le mémorial de Lucius Ampelius / Traduction nouvelle par M. Victor Verger., dated 1842, held by Wellcome Collection. Desault, Pierre Joseph (1744-1795), dated 1791, held by Wellcome Collection. Basilius Valentinus, dated 1777, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 13 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Verger, Pierre Fatumbi, African American Studies Center, 2005. Verger, Pierre Fatumbi, African American Studies Center, 2016. Cartas de Pierre Verger para Vivaldo da Costa Lima, 1961-1963, Afro-Ásia, 2008. Primeiras imagens: Pierre Verger entre burgueses e infrequentáveis. L’art photographique de Pierre Verger : la modernité d’un regard (1932-1960). CANDOMBLÉ IORUBÁ: A RELAÇÃO DO HOMEM COM SEU ORIXÁ PESSOAL, Último Andar, 2013. Attitudes, knowledge, and willingness to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza among patients hospitalized with influenza-like-illness: impact of diagnostic testing, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020. Understanding the determinants of acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines: a challenge in a fast-moving situation, The Lancet Public Health, 2021. Exu: sagrado e profano, Revista Odeere, 2017. Jogando com imagens: as disputas sobre os sentidos da capoeira na revista ilustrada O Cruzeiro, ArtCultura, 2018. International adaptation and validation of the Pro-VC-Be: measuring the psychosocial determinants of vaccine confidence in healthcare professionals in European countries, Expert Review of Vaccines, 2023. The French general population's attitudes toward lockdown against COVID-19: a fragile consensus, BMC Public Health, 2020. Una etnografía en los archivos de la Fundación Pierre Verger. Diálogos, discusiones e interacción a partir de un estudio de caso, Revista Colombiana de Antropología, 2011.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (10086318-8). Those registers additionally record the forms Fundação Pierre Verger, Verger Foundation, Verger-Stiftung, Pierre Verger Foundation and Pierre-Verger-Stiftung.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are France.

Work by Pierre Verger is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, J. Paul Getty Museum, Amsab - Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis Gent and Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Chronology

  1. 1902Pierre Verger born at 8th arrondissement of Paris.
  2. 1930Untitled (Chesterfield cigarette ads), Philippines (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1934Untitled (Preacher), United States is dated 1934 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.855).
  4. 1934Untitled (Preacher), United States (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1945FIESTAS Y DANZAS En El Cuzco Y En Los Andes (1945) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  6. 1945FIESTAS Y DANZAS En El Cuzco Y En Los Andes digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1946The Port of Bahia, Brazil is dated 1946/48 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.857).
  8. 1946The Port of Bahia, Brazil (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  9. 1948Palm Tree, El Golea, Algeria is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.858).
  10. 1948Untitled (Sculpture), Africa is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.860).
  11. 1948Papaya Tree, Africa is dated 1948/53 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.859).
  12. 1948Palm Tree, El Golea, Algeria (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  13. 1950Indians of Peru; (English and Spanish Edition) (1950) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  14. 1950Indians of Peru; (English and Spanish Edition) digitised by Internet Archive.
  15. 1995Ewé : the use of plants in Yoruba society / Pierre Fatumbi Verger. is dated 1995 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  16. 1996Pierre Verger died at Salvador.
  17. 1997A LA RECHERCHE DES PLANTES PERDUES, Les plante reouvées par les descendants culturels des Yoruba au Brésil (1997) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  18. 1997A LA RECHERCHE DES PLANTES PERDUES, Les plante reouvées par les descendants culturels des Yoruba au Brésil digitised by Internet Archive.
  19. 2012San Francisco el Alto, Guatemala is dated 1940s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.335).
  20. 2012Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala is dated 1940s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2012.334).
  21. 2022JITSUVAX WP1_HCPs’ attitudes to Covid-19 mandates (2022) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  22. 2022JITSUVAX WP1_HCPs’ attitudes to Covid-19 mandates digitised by Internet Archive.
  23. 2025Untitled (Chesterfield cigarette ads), Philippines is dated Late 1930s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2025.856).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Cartas de Pierre Verger para Vivaldo da Costa Lima, 1961-1963, Afro-Ásia, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    L’art photographique de Pierre Verger : la modernité d’un regard (1932-1960)

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Primeiras imagens: Pierre Verger entre burgueses e infrequentáveis

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Verger, Pierre Fatumbi, African American Studies Center, 2005

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Verger, Pierre Fatumbi, African American Studies Center, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 93 articles naming Pierre Verger.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 10086318-8, Fondation Pierre Verger.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Pierre Verger as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Pierre Verger.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Pierre Verger.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  11. 11.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Pierre Verger.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q556585: Pierre Verger

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  13. 13.

    “Pierre Verger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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