Portrait of Louis Daguerre
Artist
Henri Grevedon
(French, 1776 - 1860)
Printer
Lemercier & Cie
(French, 1827 - 1889)
Date1837
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/16 × 10 13/16 inches (35.71 × 27.51 cm)
Mat: 20 × 13 7/8 inches (50.8 × 35.23 cm)
Mat: 20 × 13 7/8 inches (50.8 × 35.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.289
SignedSigned and dated on sheet recto, lower left, part of lithographic print: " [signature] / 1837."
InscribedPrinted on sheet recto, lower left, in black ink: "Imprimé par Lemercier"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionIllustration of mustachioed man, Louis Daguerre, wearing fine suit with tall collar that reaches his chin. His hair is parted on the side and soft curls fall over his ears.Gallery LabelThis lithograph (a type of print) depicts Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre two years before he introduced his daguerreotype to the public on January 7, 1839. This invention astonished the world with its “exquisite minuteness of delineation,” as described by inventor Samuel F.B. Morse. Prior to that moment, Daguerre was known in artistic circles as a painter and owner of a Parisian diorama, a popular form of entertainment. Considered a precursor to cinema, the diorama immersed viewers in a theatrical installation that used shifting light on painted backdrops to create special effects.
Gérard Lévy (1934-2016), Paris, France;
Purchased at his posthumous sale, Gérard Lévy, Photographies de Collection II, Millon, Paris, June 16, 2017, lot 16 by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA, 2017;
Purchased from him 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 posthumous sale, Gérard Lévy, Photographies de Collection II, Millon, Paris, June 16, 2017, lot 16 by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA, 2017;
Purchased from him 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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