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Étienne Carjat — Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902)

Étienne Carjat

Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902)

1876

Naturalist writer Émile Zola poses for Carjat during the height of his literary influence, the woodburytype process preserving the intensity and determination visible in his expression.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3

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Étienne Carjat, Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902), 1876

Naturalist writer Émile Zola poses for Carjat during the height of his literary influence, the woodburytype process preserving the intensity and determination visible in his expression.

Medium
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Year
1876
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Photograph, Historical, Woodburytype, Man, Portrait, Sepia, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art