Enseigne d'un Marchand de Chevaux

1842

Commercial signage transforms into folk art through the photographer's eye, demonstrating how early practitioners found artistic merit in the vernacular visual culture of their time.

Medium: Gelatin silver print, No. 20 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)

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Hippolyte Bayard, Enseigne d'un Marchand de Chevaux, 1842

Commercial signage transforms into folk art through the photographer's eye, demonstrating how early practitioners found artistic merit in the vernacular visual culture of their time.

Medium: Gelatin silver print, No. 20 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)
Year: 1842
Seen at: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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