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186274488Paris: Nadar 1862. Fine. Nadar Paris 1862 5.10 x 8.50 cm une photographie Extremely rare original photograph showing Charles Baudelaire on albumen paper contemporary print in carte de visite format mounted on a board from the Nadar workshop 35 boulevart sic des Capucines; Photographic portrait for us taken by Nadar. Taken the same day as the previous one same dimensions same clothes. The waistcoat is still unbuttoned but Baudelaire hides his hands in the pockets of his trousers. Seen face on he seems more troubled and sadder than in the previous attempt. Ourousof 1896 Another carte de visite from the same day as the previous no. 41 . a contemporary albumen print found in the Musée d'Orsay collections Provenance: from the Braive collection then the Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes collection 1991 acquired by the Musées Nationaux with the support of the Heritage fund . Musée d'Orsay fiche 39389 S. Plantureux Charles Baudelaire ou le rêve d'un curieux. This photo taken in 1862 was sold between 1862 and 1871 as evidenced by the photographer's address on the back of the board. Only two of Baudelaire's poses seem to have been retained from this session. If photography is allowed to replace art in some of its functions it will soon have replaced or corrupted it altogether thanks to the natural alliance it will find with the multitude of nonsense wrote Charles Baudelaire in the Salon de 1859. We know of only fifteen different photographic portraits of Baudelaire taken between 1855 and 1866 three sessions at Nadar three at Carjat and one at Neyt for some of which there remains only one copy. Baudelaire and Nadar met in 1843 and their friendship endured until the poet's death in 1867. The photographer shot a total of seven portraits of his friend between 1855 and 1862. The two men full of admiration for one another paid each other moving tributes in their respective works: Baudelaire dedicated Le rêve d'un curieux The dream of a curious man in Les Fleurs du Mal to the photographer who dedicated to him in addition to the photographic caricatures and portraits an unvarnished work titled Charles Baudelaire intime: le poète vierge 1911. Extremely rare and beautiful copy of this little-known photograph of Baudelaire by the most important French photographer of the 19th century. Nadar hardcover
32237S.l.n.d. « Galerie contemporaine 126 boulevard de Magenta » et « Cliché Nadar rue d'Anjou-Saint-Honoré 51 ». 1 tirage sur papier albuminé 250 x 340 mm encadré. Célèbre portrait sur papier fin contrecollé sur carton de la Galerie Contemporaine littéraire 2e série n°37. Rarissime épreuve dédicacée : « à mon cher Villegeorges souvenir d'amitié George Sand ». Ce portrait fait partie de l'une des entreprises éditoriales les plus caractéristiques de la fin du XIXe siècle : La Galerie contemporaine publiée de 1876 à 1884 réunit 242 biographies illustrées de 410 photographies dont 241 reproduits en photoglyptie par la maison Goupil & Cie Ce procédé photomécanique nouveau connut pendant trente ans un énorme succès dans la presse et l'édition grâce à une impression stable diffusable en grand nombre et bien moins coûteux que les tirages argentiques. George Sand est la première figure féminine à être publiée dans la Galerie Contemporaine. Le portrait reprend l'un des fameux clichés exécutés par Nadar en mars 1864 : une série de huit clichés de la romancière au mois de mars 1864. La bonne dame de Nohant ne s'appréciait pas physiquement et ne fit confiance qu'à Nadar pour poser lequel consacra de longues heures à la photographier jusqu'à ce que l'image lui convienne : « Les épreuves de ma photographie n'ont pas encore très bien réussi chez Nadar j'y retourne demain." écrit-elle à Maurice son fils le 8 mars 1864 à Paris. Ces photographies restées célèbres inaugurèrent le début d'une longue série. Nadar qui avait toujours admiré la romancière l'avait placée en tête de son Panthéon Nadar 1854 et lui avait dédicacé un livre Quand j'étais étudiant 1856 : « À madame George Sand enthousiasme fervent et profond respect » ; la romancière deviendra par ailleurs la marraine de son fils Paul. Précieuse épreuve dédicacé par Georges Sand qui devait décéder l'année même de cette parution le 8 juin 1876 si bien que les portraits signés sont absolument rarissimes George Sand n'ayant que peu d'occasions de les avoir en mains. On ne connaît qu'un autre portrait dédicacé de la série Nadar au petit format carte de cabinet à Charles-Edouard de Vasson et quelques autres tirages dans ce même format carte simplement signés. S.l.n.d. [« Galerie contemporaine, 126 boulevard de Magenta » et « Cliché Nadar, rue d'Anjou-Saint-Honoré, 51 »]. 1 tirage unknown
1910Flo15<p><strong>FLAUBERT Paul NADAR 1856-1939</strong></p><p>Late print depicting Flaubert in bust<br />Paris c. 1910 cabinet format laminated on thick cardboard to the photographer's credit<br />Near fine condition except for a very slight defect on the right part of the portrait<br />"Flaubert" inscribed on verso by an unknown person<br />Stamp on verso: "E. Hautecœur – 35 avenue de l'Opéra – Paris"</p><p><strong>Very rare and legendary portrait of the writer by Nadar during the years of writing his novel <em>L'Éducation sentimentale</em> </strong></p><p>Flaubert's iconography is limited to say the least. Only four photographic portraits of the writer are known:<br />-Two portraits by Étienne Carjat in Italian format taken during two different sessions<br />-A portrait in profile by Giacomo Borelli probably taken during the Universal Exhibition of 1867 which Flaubert attended<br />-A portrait by Felix Nadar of bust in three quarters the one presented here</p><p>Paul Nadar son of Félix Nadar 1820-1910 had begun to collaborate with his father in 1886. This late print is therefore based on the one taken by Felix between 1865 and 1869.</p><p><u>Flaubert's photographic portraits even later prints are of great rarity.</u></p><p>When Flaubert died on May 8 1880 his face was unknown. He is an exception in a century where the face of the artist has multiplied through engraving and photography. The absence of an image results from the express will of the author: he refused consistently to "deliver" his head to the public.</p><p><u>Reference:</u><br /><em>Album Gustave Flaubert</em> éd. Yvan Leclerc Pléiade p. 184 n°147</p>
1904Pro4<p><b>PROUST Jeanne WEIL 1849-1905</b></p><p>5th December 1904 original period film print. Round photography 159 cm diameter mounted on thick paper frame in the photographer's name.Tiny spot on lower margin of the mounting small stainStamp on verso from collection Suzy Mante-Proust collection</p><p><b>One of Jeanne Weil Proust's last portraits less than a year before her death</b></p><p>This portrait was taken on December 5th 1904. At this time aged 56 years old Proust's mother has been a widow for a year. The translation of his son's <i>The Bible of Amiens</i> was published that same year. She died of nephritis a year later on September 26 1905. Nadar did process her portrait and removed the shadows and various flaws on her face.</p><p>Michel Schneider notes that the narrator's mother in the <i>Search</i> is obviously inspired by the mother of the author himself. Jeanne Proust was born Jeanne Weil in 1849 from a Jewish family of the enlightened bourgeoisie. Much has been said about the intellectual complicity that united her with elder son. Marcel Proust who during his mother's lifetime wrote only <i>beautiful</i>things in the spirit of the time <i>Pleasures and Days</i> will not become the novelist of the <i>Search</i> until after the death his mother an event that has somehow freed his creation. In the novel the grief he felt at his death is shifted to that of the grandmother and that of Albertine. In the <i>Search</i> Mom doesn't die she is also mentioned more than 500 times.</p><p>Provenance:<br />-Proust Family<br />-Suzy Mante-Proust only daughter of Robert Proust by descent<br />-Patricia Mante-Proust granddaughter of Suzy Mante-Proust by descent</p><p><u>References:</u><br />Nadar repr. p. 32 in full. <br />Cattaui n° 59 repr. <br />Mauriac repr. p. 10.</p>
188892029Paul Nadar 1888. Fine. Paul Nadar s. d. 1888 - 1900 11 x 16.4 cm Autre Original anf fairly large cabinet card photograph. Maupassant was 38 years old when he sat before Nadar's lens in July 1888 though some sources give 1890 as the date. Two photographs are known from this sitting one showing his right profile and the other his left profile as with the present example. A photograph mounted on Nadar's studio card with his stamp below. The verso bears various advertisements relating to Nadar. Guy de Maupassant was always reluctant toward photography even hostile to the public dissemination of his image. Very few photographs of the writer exist as he rarely sat for photographs and generally only for private purposes but Félix Nadar was both an acquaintance and a friend within his circle. ""I made it an absolute rule not to let my image be published if I can help it"" Autograph manuscript note undated reproduced in the Pléiade album p.8. This portrait by Nadar has remained the writer's most celebrated photographic likeness. Photographs of the writer remain exceedingly rare on the market particularly in cabinet card format. Paul Nadar unknown
1884353598Paris: Nadar 51 rue d'Anjou 1884. Half length portrait with hands at waist right hand on an ornamental belt. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. On black card mount lettered in gilt at foot and on verso. Old gilt frame by Walker Gallery Westport Conn. Half length portrait with hands at waist right hand on an ornamental belt. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Attractive portrait of the young Sarah Bernhardt inscribed above her head. <br /> <br /> The most logical candidate for "Mademoiselle Moore" would seem Eva Moore 1870-1965 who had a long stage career and from 1920 made many films. She was quite well known married to<br /> actor-manager H. V. Edmond.<br /> Theater critic and translator Michael Feingold 1945-2022 knew Eva Le Gallienne 1899-1901 when he was a student a Yale. Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne; Michael Feingold Nadar, 51 rue d'Anjou unknown
5007Nadar pens a brief letter with a drawing requesting his friend to give him "three places for the day." He signs "Nadar Tuesday Aug. 8 1892." He fills the bottom portion of the letter with a bust length sketch and descriptive note "made from memory of a young Nadar age 8." This is his second signature in the letter in French on an 8vo sheet n.p. Condition: Fine condition with several slight aging spots and light soiling at the corners. Letters with drawings by Nadar are rare. unknown
185684662Paris: Nadar 1856. Fine. Nadar Paris 1856 6.50 x 10.50 cm une feuille Original albumen carte-de-visite photograph. Salted paper print. One of the first portraits of the poet who was one of the photographer's first subjects. Rare like all the first portraits by Nadar of Vigny. Photograph mounted on rigid gray cardboard extracted from a collector's photograph album. In pen in the lower margin Le Cte Alfred de Vigny and in the right margin NADAR in capitals. One of Nadar's first portraits where his refined style already emerges. ""Nadar photographie ses modèles simplement n'utilisant que la lumière naturelle et zénithale diffusée par les verrières et réfléchie par de grands panneaux mobiles. Les poses à la manière d'Ingres valent surtout pour l'intimité et la complicité qu'il sait créer avec ses sujets. « La photographie est à la portée du premier des imbéciles elle s'apprend en une heure. Ce qui ne s'apprend pas c'est le sentiment de la lumière . et encore moins l'intelligence morale de votre sujet . et la ressemblance intime » dira-t-il. Dans cette période où le portrait s'industrialise dans un académisme convenu Nadar supprime les accessoires et décors conventionnels et refuse la retouche au profit de « l'expression vraie et de cet instant de compréhension qui vous met en contact avec le modèle qui vous aide à le résumer vous guide vers ses idées et son caractère »."" ""Nadar photographs his subjects simply using only natural and zenithal light diffused through glass roofs and reflected by large movable panels. The poses in the manner of Ingres are valuable above all for the intimacy and complicity he knows how to create with his subjects. 'Photography is within reach of the first fool it is learned in an hour. What cannot be learned is the feeling for light . and even less the moral intelligence of your subject . and intimate resemblance' he would say. In this period when portraiture becomes industrialized in conventional academicism Nadar eliminates conventional accessories and decor and refuses retouching in favor of 'true expression and that instant of understanding which puts you in contact with the model which helps you to summarize him guides you toward his ideas and his character'."" Claude Postel : connaissance des arts. The Nadar firm would execute later prints of this negative but this one is indeed a demonstration print not intended for commercial use. Like Baudelaire Vigny deplored the fashion for photography and particularly that of portraits but he paradoxically maintained his own collection of carte-de-visite photographs and at the end of his life he multiplied posing sessions first at Nadar's then at Le Gray's. Around 1855 he shows concern for his image the one he will leave to posterity and his photographic portraits must convey the character of the poet he wishes to leave behind. Thus we discover him in this portrait in a sphinx-like attitude seated rather rigidly in a velvet armchair his gaze directed toward the horizon arms crossed his right hand holding a mechanical pencil emblem of his vocation the rosette of the Legion of Honor adorning his collar. Nadar unknown
187882671Paris: Nadar 1878. Fine. Nadar Paris 1878 6 x 10.50 cm une photographie Original albumen photograph representing Jules Verne carte-de-visite format mounted on heavy cardboard from the Nadar studio ""51 rue d'Anjou St Honoré"". Pen annotation on verso with advertising information for the Nadar studio. Gold medal. Universal Exhibition 1878. Blue stamp; Publisher J. Kuhn Paris. Jules Verne met Nadar in 1861 and the two men became friends the man left a deep impression on him and his adventures inspired him for Five Weeks in a Balloon Nadar would join with Jules Verne to create a Society for the encouragement of balloon transport From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. The author describes him thus in From the Earth to the Moon: ""He is a man of 42 years tall but already a little stooped like those caryatids who carry balconies on their shoulders. His strong head a veritable lion's mane shook at moments a fiery hair which made him a true mane. A short face broad at the temples adorned with a bristling mustache like a cat's whiskers and small somewhat disheveled tufts a myopic gaze completed this eminently feline physiognomy."" Handsome portrait of the writer by Nadar where he appears particularly warm and benevolent. Nadar unknown
1864182678Various publishers in or near Brussels: c.1864. The Brussels ballooning buzz Scarce material capturing the excitement generated by the launch of Le Géant 6000 cubic metres in size and equipped with a huge cabin to celebrate Belgian National Day. As much a publicist as an aviator Nadar turned the event into an epic spectacle the crowds teeming behind barriers. He shared a passion for the skies with Jules Verne who drew on Nadar's exploits for his writings. Born Gaspard-Félix Tournachon Nadar 1820-1910 was also a pioneering photographer taking some of the earliest aerial shots of Paris. Le Géant was commissioned from the balloonist Eugène Goddard in 1863 and was first launched in Paris in October of the same year in front of 80000 people. A second launch drew half a million people setting the stage for the scenes in Brussels. Among those struck by the sight was Jules Verne who had established Societe d'aviation with Nadar in 1862. Verne based Five Weeks in a Balloon 1863 on Le Géant and Nadar appeared as the character Michael Ardan in Verne's From the Earth to the Moon 1865. The publications give information on the balloonist's background and his visit their excitable tone sometimes crossing over into satire. a Le Ballon Le Géant et Nadar Pérégrinations Accidents Notices biographiques etc. etc. Brussels: P. J. Leemans 1864. 8 pp. original illustrated wrappers. b Nadar et le Ballon Le Géant. Saint Josse-ten-Noode: Renaut-Ledeganck c.1864. 8 pp. original yellow illustrated wrappers. c Nouvelle Ascensions du Géant. Relation du Voyage et la Chanson de Nadar. Brussels: Sorriaux c.1864. 8 pp. original self-wrappers unstitched. d Voyage Comique de M. Nadar. Circumnavigation Aérienne effectuée par M. Nadar en 4 Heures at 15 Minutes le 26 September 1864 à bord du ballon le Géant. Brussels: J. Sacré c.1864. 8 pp. original self-wrappers unstitched. 4 works octavo each 8 pp. Text in French. Each wrappers or self-wrappers stitched or unstitched see note. Housed in custom blue quarter cloth folder. One work with price on front cover changed in contemporary hand in pencil. Light creasing and toning: a near-fine collection of fragile material. hardcover
189370792Paris: Office général de Photographie 1893. Fine. Office général de Photographie Paris Janvier-Décembre 1893 18.50 x 27 cm 12 fascicules brochés First edition. Complete third year in 12 issues of this extremely rare scholarly review founded and directed by Paul Nadar. Each copy includes at least two plates outside the text including a plate of Nadar's photographic prints and a photograph often reproduced in heliogravure. Contributions by P. Nadar A. and L. Lumière A. Marey G. Geffroy J. Grand-Carteret J. Demarçay Davison S. Ferrand H. Fourtier C. Gravier A. Guerronnan Ponton d'Amécourt H. Reeb L. Vidal J. Waterhouse. Among the numerous subjects treated one will find chronophotography color reproduction skies in photography The pilgrimage to Mecca very beautiful heliogravure plate outside the text of the grand çalat ceremony. ""We believe we are advancing progress by interesting the public even more in this entirely French discovery of Photography."" ""Nous pensons faire oeuvre de progrès en intéressant encore davantage le public à cette découverte toute française de la Photographie."". Thus Paul Nadar concluded his introduction as presentation of this precious review containing a print by the celebrated photographer in each issue. At the origin of the creation of Paris-photographe P. Nadar explains the absence of a luxury photography review in France contrary to the magnificent foreign publications. Some rare and minimal marginal dampstains and small tears of no consequence otherwise very handsome uncut copies forming a set of remarkable rarity. Office général de Photographie unknown
199556787Harry N Abrams Inc. New. 1995. Hardcover. 0810964899 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - 272 pages; 211 illustrations 99 in full color 112 duotones -- with a bonus offer-- . Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
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57953Aux Bureaux du Journal Amusant du Musee Francais-Anglais et des Modes Parisiennes 1856 4 volumes In-4 3200pp. illustr. nombreuses gravures couvertures colorisees reliures demi-cuir de l'époque dos plats ornes usures d'usage sur les reliures tete de collection complete des 400 premiers numeros details et photos sur demande Nb-0271 unknown
186771239Paris: Nadar 1867. Fine. Nadar Paris s. d. 1867 6.60 x 10.40 cm une photographie Nadar Paris N.D. but 1867 66x10.4 cm photograph Original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting card format laid down on card by Nadar initialed and with a red border. Doré poses with his arm on a fringed chair the same as in the portraits of Théophile Gautier Edouard Manet and Alexandre Dumas. Manuscript annotation to verso. We have not been able to find any copies of this photograph in any of the international public collections. Nadar unknown
185673025Paris: Nadar 1856. Fine. Nadar Paris s. d. 1856 6.50 x 10.20 cm une photographie Original albumen print photograph depicting Alphonse de Lamartine in carte-de-visite format mounted on studio card from Nadar ""35 boulevart des Capucines"". This photograph taken in 1856 was marketed between 1862 and 1871 as evidenced by the photographer's address on the back of the card. Pen annotation on the reverse of the photograph. Nadar unknown
188073633Paris: Nadar 1880. Fine. Nadar Paris 1880 10.70 x 16.60 cm une photographie Original albumen photograph in cabinet card format mounted on cardboard. At the bottom of the photograph: Aimé dupont 574 fifth Avenue New-York. Portrait of the actress taken in New-York during the great American tour of 1880-1881 256 performances in 50 cities. Sarah Bernhardt poses in elegant Parisian attire her gaze turned skyward. Signed in the plate: Copyright by A. Dupont. Good overall condition one dark stain on the right of the photograph near the margin. Aimé Dupont was a Belgian photographer first active in Brussels then in Paris. He settled in New-York with his American wife Etta Greer herself a photographer. Already in Paris the photographer had specialized in photographs of actors and singers from the Opera and he renewed this specialty for the New-York opera and all the French artists who came to the USA. It is therefore not surprising that Sarah Bernhardt visited his studio to create a recent photograph dedicated to her American tour. Nadar unknown
42285saying he "could not ask for work to go better or faster - and one day I shall endeavour to return your kindness which I have done nothing to deserve. I am enclosing a note for Perdiguier please could you put on the address if he was responsible for the very kind words on the heading. Try and avoid colliding with Villemessant here on Monday." 1 side 8vo. no place but with his red Monogram "N" with "Quand Meme" at the head no date circa Nadar was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858 he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son Paul Nadar 18561939 continued the studio after his death. The correspondent is possibly Philippe GILLE 1831-1901 who was a French dramatist and opera librettist who was born and died in Paris. He was photographed by Nadar in the 1870s. He is probably referring to Hippolyte de VILLEMESSANT 1810-1879 who was a Conservative French Journalist and was also photographed by him. Transcription Il n'est réellement pas possible mon Gille de faire mieux et plus vite et je tâcherai de te rendre quelque jour cette si bonne amitié que je n'ai rien fait pour mériter. Ci-joint un mot pour Perdiguier tu mettras l'adresse si c'est lui qui a fait la petite note d'entête vraiment trop obligeante. Arrange-toi pour ne pas venir lundi avec Villemessant. Mardi bon ! Ton Nadar Tanslation Dear Gille I could not ask for work to go better or faster - and one day I shall endeavour to return your kindness which I have done nothing to deserve. I am enclosing a note for Perdiguier please could you put on the address if he was responsible for the very kind words on the heading. Try and avoid colliding with Villemessant here on Monday. Perhaps Tuesday would be possible. Yours Nadar unknown
1864410203Paris: E. Dentu 1864. 8vo. i-xvi; I-XX; 21-439 1 . Text in French. Publisher's pictorial wrappers largely unopened slight lean to spine tear at edge of front cover moderate creases wear and soiling moderate foxing to bulked edges and front and rear pages. First edition. A superior copy and quite scarce in the original wrappers. Nadar in addition to being the most famous French photographer of his time was also a caricaturist who relished his own celebrity. He had an enormous hot air balloon Le Geant which came with a gondola and a photographic studio a print room two cabins a storeroom and a lavatory. The present work describes its brief but glorious career including the not-so glorious crash in Hanover in 1863 that seriously injured his wife. E. Dentu unknown
185740580Paris: Michel Lévy 1857. Fine. Michel Lévy Paris 1857 11.50 x 18 cm relié Second edition published one year after the first edition. Half fir green shagreen binding with corners spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments embellished with gilt fleurons slight scratches without any gravity on one joint marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns all edges gilt. Autograph inscription signed by Nadar to Madame Dufay. Handsome copy. Michel Lévy hardcover
105745165 x 11 cm Min gebräunt rückseitig kleiner Stemp. a. Fuss tadell. Rückseitig von der berühmten Schauspielerin 1844–1923 signiert.Unter Bild gedruckt: links: Nadar rechts: Atelieradresse: Rue d’Anjou St.Hré 51 Hòtel privé.Rückseitig: Medaille d’or Exposition universelle 1878. 010 unknown
00236905Paris Plon Freres/Philipon Fils n.a. Softcover. Good. Loose episodes as issued. Present are no 2 cover missing 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 40 43 44 45 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 63 64 66 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 82 back cover missing 83 84; All episodes worn some with loose cover. No 2. Cover missing; no. 82 back cover missing; no. 84 loose pages unclear how it should be. Paris, Plon Freres/Philipon Fils paperback
43283saying that "Vieusseux wants to put Villemessant's portrait in the Exhibition. I need not remind you that we agreed to the portrait in question being exhibited and Vieusseux expects that at least there he will have due satisfaction. As he wants to have the portrait back and touch it up a bit before sending it in let me know as soon as possible if we can take it directly from the owner." 1 side 8vo. 51 Rue d'Anjou St Honoré Paris with his red printed letterhead 25th February Nadar was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858 he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son Paul Nadar 18561939 continued the studio after his death. The correspondent is possibly Philippe GILLE 1831-1901 who was a French dramatist and opera librettist who was born and died in Paris. He was photographed by Nadar in the 1870s. He is probably referring to Hippolyte de VILLEMESSANT 1810-1879 who was a Conservative French Journalist and was also photographed by him. Emile VIEUSSEUX 1824-1890 was a Florentine painter who worked in Nadar's studio in Paris. Transcription PHOTOGRAPHIE NADAR SPÉCIALITÉ D'AGRANDISSEMENTS NOIRS ET PEINTS 51 rue d'Anjou St. Honoré 51. Hôtel privé. Paris le 25 fevrier 1878 Mon cher Gille Vieusseux désire envoyer à l'Exposition le portrait de Villemessant. Je ne te rappelle pas que l'Exposition de ce portrait était convenue et Vieusseux compte qu'au moins là il aura satisfaction due. Comme il veut revoir et reprendre un peu ce portrait avant l'envoi au Salon réponds-nous le plus vite possible si nous pouvons le fair prendre chez le propriétaire. Respects affectueux à Madame Gilles et à Madame Massé. Ton. Nadar Translation NADAR PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIALISING IN BLACK AND WHITE COLOURED ENLARGEMENTS 51 rue d'Anjou St. Honoré 51. private residence. Paris 25th February 1878 Dear Gille Vieusseux wants to put Villemessant's portrait in the Exhibition. I need not remind you that we agreed to the portrait in question being exhibited and Vieusseux expects that at least there he will have due satisfaction. As he wants to have the portrait back and touch it up a bit before sending it in let me know as soon as possible if we can take it directly from the owner. Please remember me to your wife and Mrs Massé. Yours. Nadar. unknown
188071647Paris: Goupil & Cie 1880. Fine. Goupil & Cie Paris 1880 24 x 33 cm une feuille Photoglypty from the Galerie contemporaine. Portrait of Edmond Goncourt. Mounted sheet on which a photoglypty of 19x24cm has been laid down. Caption at the bottom of the mount: Galerie Contemporaine 126 boulevard de Magenta. Phot. Goupil et Cie. Cliché Nadar 51 rue d'Anjou-St-Honoré. Superb condition. Handsome portrait of the writer seated with a fixed and fierce gaze a cigarette in his right hand his elbow resting on attributes that represent him. Close to a carbon print by its warm and deep tones photoglypty is a complex photomechanical process of photographic reproduction which the publishing industry used for about 20 years from 1875 to 1895. Seeking an ideal and aesthetic image of famous men the plates were always retouched and repainted to erase an unsightly wrinkle or too troublesome defect to polish the hair etc. Thus photography and printmaking converge in a new representation. The Galerie Contemporaine became a publishing house that sold images of contemporary men these images were assembled into 8 folio volumes by Paul de Lacroix but continued to be sold separately at the headquarters of the Galerie Contemporaine. Goupil & Cie unknown
185629403Paris : Aux Bureaux du Journal Amusant du MusÂŽe FranÂais-Anglais et des Modes Parisiennes sans date vers 1856-1880. 310x215mm. reliure demi-basane. Titre et filets dorÂŽs au dos cuir par endroits frottÂŽ reliure de lՎpoque. Les numÂŽros comportent 8 pages ˆ partir du numÂŽro 32 de la premiÂre sÂŽrie la premiÂre page est coloriÂŽe. 14050 Aux Bureaux du Journal Amusant, du MusÂŽe FranÂais-Anglais et des Modes Parisiennes unknown
