This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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The author died in 1940, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Switzerland) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Switzerland had a copyright term of 50 years p.m.a. until 1993, and the extension to 70 years p.m.a. made in 1993 did not restore already expired copyrights, meaning that the copyright of works by Swiss authors who died before 1943 didn't get restored in the US. Hedwig Scherrer died in 1940, so this work is in the public domain in Switzerland since 1991, being already out of copyright at the date of restoration.
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Captions
A portrait of a woman showing from the neck to her. Wearing glasses with a grey hear.
Un portrait d'une femme montrant du cou à elle. Porter des lunettes avec un cœur gris.
Ihe osise nke nwanyị na-egosi ya site n'olu. Yi ugogbe anya na ntị isi awọ.