Self-portrait
Artist
Hippolyte Bayard
(French, 1801 - 1887)
Dateca. 1847
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 4 13/16 inches (16.35 × 12.22 cm)
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 4 15/16 inches (16.99 × 12.54 cm)
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 4 15/16 inches (16.99 × 12.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.28.2
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man standing with arm resting on a large barrel, which is surrounded by pots and a watering can. He wears a suit with bow tie, vest, knee-lengh jacket and a small hat. Behind him is a ladder leaning against a trellis.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
Hippolyte Bayard invented his own photographic process in early 1839, but felt slighted by the French government, which gave official backing and support to the daguerreotype process of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. Bayard enjoyed an influential photography career, producing architectural views, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits. This rare salt print is from a series of self-portraits made in and around his home.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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