Self-portrait as ailing man
Artist
Camille Dolard
(French, 1810 - 1884)
Dateca. 1843-1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Mat: 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (26.37 × 21.29 cm)
Mat: 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (26.37 × 21.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.28.6
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn plate, upper left corner, stamped: "FC";
On plate, upper right corner, upside down, stamped: "30".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a bearded man wearing a plaid bath robe seated with his head tilted and eyes closed. A young woman stands behind him with her chin resting on her left hand while holding a small bowl in her right hand. Her hair is parted in the center and pulled back at the nape of her neck. She stands next to a small wooden table with three glass bottles and a large vessel beneath. This whole plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in a black passe-partout style mat with gold painted trim.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
French painter Camille Dolard briefly embraced photography in the 1840s as an innovative creative tool. This daguerreotype, and the one in the next case, are from a group of three theatrical self-portraits created by Dolard in his studio. Here, the artist performs for the camera, posing with props and costumes as a patient in the care of his attentive wife. In the other plate, he uses a similarly theatrical approach, depicting himself smoking a hookah (a water pipe used to smoke tobacco) while lounging on a patterned rug.
Private collector;
Purchased at private collector's sale Vente de Photographies "Collections & Propositions", Millon, Paris, November, 7, 2017, lot 3, by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Purchased at private collector's sale Vente de Photographies "Collections & Propositions", Millon, Paris, November, 7, 2017, lot 3, by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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