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Etienne Carjat — Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, 1849-1897)

Etienne Carjat

Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, 1849-1897)

1876

Captured at the height of his literary career, novelist Alphonse Daudet appears in one of Carjat's finest portrait studies, reproduced using the woodburytype process that preserved exceptional tonal subtlety.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

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Etienne Carjat, Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, 1849-1897), 1876

Captured at the height of his literary career, novelist Alphonse Daudet appears in one of Carjat's finest portrait studies, reproduced using the woodburytype process that preserved exceptional tonal subtlety.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1
Year
1876
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Literary, Photographic, Woodburytype, Realistic, Portrait, Male Figure, Formal

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