Photograph of the ethereal or astral body
Original Language TitlePhotographie des radiations du corps etherique ou astral
Artist
Leon Lefranc
(French, active 1900-1910)
Date1909
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 2 7/16 × 3 1/4 inches (6.15 × 8.26 cm)
Mount: 4 1/2 × 5 9/16 inches (11.43 × 14.12 cm)
Mount: 4 1/2 × 5 9/16 inches (11.43 × 14.12 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.127
SignedSigned and dated on mount verso, bottom, in blue pen: "1909. lefranc"
InscribedInscribed on mount verso, in blue pen: "Radiation éthérique ou / Astral. / Photographie des Radiations du corps / Ethérique ou Astral - obtenues dans / l'essai d'une photographie de pensée avec contact. / L'index posé sur une piéce d'argent / en contact avec la gélatine d'une plaque au lactate d'argent et [illeg.] dans / un bain révélateur."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "3448"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a perfect circle in the center with a lighter area surrounding it and fading into the background.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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