Caption

Projet d'Éventail, Portrait of an unknown sleeping woman, page, photomechanical print, Print in semicircular form., photographer: Robert Demachy, cliché maker: Paul Dujardin, c. 1889 - in or before 1899, Robert Demachy, Paul Dujardin, photographer, cliché maker, paper, photoaquatint, height 85 mm x width 225 mm, sleeping, unconsciousness, A sepia-toned image in the shape of a half circle shows a woman lying on her side with eyes closed, her head resting on folded arms and her hair framing her face. She is partly covered by soft, flowing fabric that drapes across her shoulders and back, and additional fabric gathers beneath her arm. Near her hand there is a cluster of flowers with layered petals. The background around the half-circle is a light, slightly textured surface with faint stains and aged marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A98_018

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.5Mb (6.8Mb) / 18.9in x 9.5in / 5684 x 2860 (300dpi)

Keywords

Projet d'Éventail Portrait unknown sleeping woman page photomechanical print Print semicircular form photographer Robert Demachy cliché maker Paul Dujardin c 1889 - 1899 paper photoaquatint height 85 mm x width 225 mm unconsciousness sepia-toned image shape half circle woman lying side eyes closed head resting folded arms hair framing face partly covered soft flowing fabric drapes across shoulders back additional fabric gathers beneath arm Near hand cluster flowers layered petals background half-circle light slightly textured surface faint stains aged marks