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NIÉPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR (1805–1870) and MAYER FRÈRES (photography firm active early 1850s)
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor Napoleon III), early 1850s
photogravure, mounted on paper
signed and inscribed by Niépce de Saint-Victor in pencil (mount, recto); lithographed ‘heliographie sur acier / DE MR NIÉPCE DE ST. VICTOR’ and ‘Terminé par A. Riffaut’ and ‘Photographie Mayer Frères’ (margin)
image: approximately 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (18.3 x 14.5 cm.)
sheet: 9 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm.)
mount: approximately 18 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (47.5 x 34.9 cm.)
Provenance
The Etienne Grafe Collection;
acquired from the above by The Museum of Modern Art, 1981.
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