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Etienne Carjat
Henri Monnier
[Galerie Contemporaine]
1877 (ca)
Woodburytype
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins
Archive Farms
LL/90769
Publication: Galerie Contemporaine, Vol 2, No 1, 1877
Julia Van Haaften, From Talbot To Stieglitz, Thames and Hudson, 1982, pl 91
Kristin L. Spangenberg, Photographic Treasures from the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1989, pg 76
Other Collections: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, NYPL, Cincinnati Art Museum, Auer Photo Foundation, National Gallery of Canada
Notes: Monnier was a famous French actor, pictured playing the part of Monsieur Prudhomme. Printed by Goupil et Cie from a negative by Carjat. The Galerie Contemporaine is a high point in photographic publishing. Issued in parts from 1876 to 1884 by the firm of Goupil, the series contained 241 portraits of leading figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, science, and politics by a host of Parisian photographers. The illustrations were printed as woodburytypes–a photomechanical process that reproduced the continuous tones of photography but did so with printer's ink. The speed and economy with which woodburytypes could be printed, as well as their permanence (unlike traditional photographic processes that were subject to fading), made them a highly practical substitute for albumen silver prints in book publication or other situations where mass production was desirable.
Étienne Carjat (28 March 1828 in Fareins, Ain – 19 March 1906 in Paris), was a French journalist, caricaturist and photographer. He co-founded the magazine Le Diogène, and founded the review Le Boulevard. He is best known for his numerous portraits and caricatures of political, literary and artistic Parisian figures. His best-known work is the iconic portrait of Arthur Rimbaud which he took in October 1871. The location of much of his photography is untraceable after being sold to a Mr. Roth in 1923.
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