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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne — Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne

Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir

1856

Documenting Duchenne's controversial electrical experiments on facial muscles, this albumen print captures the artificially induced expression of anguish for his influential study on human emotion.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative

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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne, Figure 45: Contraction électrique forte des triangulaires des lèvres et des sourciliers: douleur et déspoir, 1856

Documenting Duchenne's controversial electrical experiments on facial muscles, this albumen print captures the artificially induced expression of anguish for his influential study on human emotion.

Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Year
1856
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, Study, Human expression, Scientific, Portrait

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