Self-portrait as a hookah smoker
Artist
Camille Dolard
(French, 1810 - 1884)
Dateca. 1843-1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.5
SignedAttributed on backing board, upper left, in pencil: “G.L. / Camille / Dollard [sic]”
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of man reclining on a decorative rug with left elbow resting on chair. He holds a hookah in his right hand and looks directly into the camera. He wears a striped robe over his suit with a polka dot tie. This full plate daguerreotype is uncased, placed between gray paper board and a cover glass with a thin spacer, and sealed with masking tape, which is discolored to dark brown.ProvenanceGérard Lévy, Paris, France;
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 49, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 49, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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