Object number2013.33.59
Six cartes de visite of a young woman
Datec. 1889
Artist
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
(French, 1819-1889)
CultureFrench
MediumAlbumen prints from a collodion negative
DimensionsImage (Individual): 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (9.5 x 6.4 cm)
Image: 7 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (19.7 x 19.4 cm)
Matted: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Image: 7 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (19.7 x 19.4 cm)
Matted: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn recto within the negative, likely by artist, center: 56807
BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 2 ProvenanceChristie's, New York, Photographs, December 13, 2010, lot 79Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022DescriptionSix brown and white images in a 3 x 3 grid of a young woman sitting in various poses with her hair down resting just past her shoulders, a short sleeved shirt slid off her shoulders, and a full skirt.
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Pierre-Louis Pierson
1857
Culture: French
