Gustave LE GRAY (1820-1884).
Mediterranean Sea, Cette (Sète), ca. 1857.
Albumen print from collodion glass negative, unsigned, N° 8517.
On the back, number and "Collection DUCHESNE".
Format : 40,5 x 30,5 cm.
(very slight traces of folds).
Note:
- A similar visual is kept in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Bibliography:
1 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, L'émotion photographique, Collection du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes, France, 2002.
2 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, under the direction of Sylvie Aubenas, exhibition at the BNF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallimard, Paris, 2002.
3 - Eugenia Parry Janis, The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS
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