Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
INV2007.42

Etudes Photographiques (1e Series No. 15)

1848 – 1858 (Date created)
Salted paper print
Photograph
Prints, photographic
12.875 in W x 11 in H (Paper)
8.312 in W x 6.312 in H (Image)
French
Published by Blanquart-Evrard
In the early days of photography, pictures such as these were used as study pieces for artists. The composition of this image is somewhat surprising, as the eye is perhaps used to a décor much more organized for aesthetic purposes. (Isabelle Chartier, "Shifting Ground", Fall 2017)
In Collection
Anonymous Gift (see Notes)
Purchased fron Jammes, Andre (Librarie Paul Jammes, Paris, France)
Isabelle Jammes, "Blanquart-Evrard et les origines de l'édition photographique française" Catalogue raisonné des albulms photographiques édités, 1851-1855, Centre de recherches d'histoire et de philologie de la IVe section de l'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, VI Histoire et Civilisations du Livre, Genève, Librarie Droz, 1981.
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