Lot 165
  • 165

ANONYME)

Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Anonyme
  • Portrait d'une paysanne, vers 1860
Épreuve albuminée peinte sur carton fort.

Exhibited

Philadelphie, Philadelphia Museum of Art, French primitive photography, 1969

Literature

André Jammes, French primitive photography, Philadelphie, 1969, couverture 

Condition

Card worn at edges and corners, tears at the upper left and lower right corners and at the right edge near the upper corner; loss of paint at the upper and left edges; paint with some retouched spots. Two tiny spots of paint loss, each approx. 1 mm, one in the bottom right quadrant and one in the upper left.
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Catalogue Note

Cette photographie fortement retravaillée à la peinture a été choisie comme image de couverture du catalogue le la célèbre exposition 'French Primitive Photography' organisée en 1969 à Philadelphie.