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Charles Nègre — Street Musicians Standing
Charles Nègre

Street Musicians Standing

1855

Revealing Nègre's interest in everyday urban life, captured with the spontaneity that made him one of the first photographers to successfully depict street scenes.

Medium
Photogravure, from the portfolio "Charles Negre: Treize Heliogravures, 1854–1857" (1982)

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Charles Nègre, Street Musicians Standing, 1855

Revealing Nègre's interest in everyday urban life, captured with the spontaneity that made him one of the first photographers to successfully depict street scenes.

Medium
Photogravure, from the portfolio "Charles Negre: Treize Heliogravures, 1854–1857" (1982)
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, French, Documentary, 19th Century, Street Scene, Musicians, Urban, Photogravure, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art