GUILLAUME-BENJAMIN DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE (1806–1875)
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GUILLAUME-BENJAMIN DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE (1806–1875)

Personage Masculin, from Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine, c. 1865

Fermé14 October 2020

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GUILLAUME-BENJAMIN DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE (1806–1875)
Personage Masculin, from Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine, c. 1865
albumen print, mounted on card
credited, titled and numbered 'Fig.48' in printed text (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (11.9 x 9.2 cm.)
mount: 10 ¾ x 7 in. (27.3 x 17.7 cm.)

Lunn, Ltd., New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995.

Note du spécialiste

'The man’s face is contorted into an unfathomable chaos somewhere between bliss and terror. But it is impossible to know what any of these people were feeling or doing and that is fascinating, a potent mystery for the present.' –W.M. Hunt