Caption
Sixteen portraits by Cléo de Mérode, page, photomechanical print, number: '12356A, 12362', inscription: 'Théatre de l'Opéra', photographer: Félix Nadar, Paris, cliché maker: Dujardin, France, printer (person): Charles Wittmann, c. 1884 - in or before 1894, Félix Nadar, Dujardin, Charles Wittmann, photographer, cliché maker, printer (person), paper, photoaquatint, height 157 mm x width 111 mm, Person, Cléo de Mérode, portrait of actor, actress, A sepia-toned sheet shows a rectangular grid of portrait photographs of a young woman in various poses and outfits, arranged in rows and columns within a dark border; the top row features head-and-shoulder views with the woman facing forward and in profile wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and a fur stole in some images, her hair styled in a low bun or parted and smoothed; the next row shows the woman with long loose wavy hair wearing an ornate headband and a dark choker, with subtle changes in expression and gaze; the third row includes a portrait with the woman wearing a large feathered hat and fur collar, a profile with hair in a bun, and a view with long loose hair and a striped high-neck blouse; the bottom rows display three-quarter and full-length poses of the woman in a coat with a fur collar and a decorative hat, some images showing her seated or holding a small prop; the overall page has a light background surrounding the bordered photographic contact sheet.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B03_196
License type
Rights managed
Available size
38.4Mb (11.5Mb) / 9.5in x 15.7in / 2853 x 4708 (300dpi)