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[Artist Study of Women Doing Laundry]

[Artist Study of Women Doing Laundry]

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ArtistFrench, active 1870s
CultureFrench
Titles
  • [Artist Study of Women Doing Laundry]
Datelate 1870s
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 4 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (12.3 × 17.2 cm)
 Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (12.3 × 17.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors in memory of Cindi Blakely
Object number2021.63
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionClearly referencing the subject and style of paintings by Jean-François Millet and other 19th-century painters, photographs by “Giraudon’s Artist” were likely intended as studies for artists. Along with photographic collections of “Academic Studies,” “Costumes,” and “Animals and Landscapes,” the publisher Adolphe Giraudon advertised “instantaneous reproductions of peasant men and women, reapers, winnowers, shepherds, laundresses, etc.” that he described as “a precious resource to landscape artists.” Evocative of a traditional way of life disappearing in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, these photographs—works of art in their own right—provide evidence of the dialogue between early photography and painting.
ProvenanceCharles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York; purchased by MFAH, 2021.

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