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accession number: 1996.245
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Sarah Bernhardt in "Zaire" by Voltaire, 1874. Étienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.245
title: Sarah Bernhardt in "Zaire" by Voltaire
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creation date: 1874
creation date earliest: 1874
creation date latest: 1874
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
department: Photography
collection: Photography
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Étienne Carjat (French, 1828–1906) - artist
Étienne Carjat French, 1828-1906
Born in Fareins, Étienne Carjat and his friend and contemporary Nadar are considered the masters of 19th-century French portrait photography. Like Nadar, whose immense reputation tended to overshadow his own, Carjat was a caricaturist and journalist, and much involved in politics and the arts. In style, however, he was more straightforward and less overtly dramatic than Nadar, frequently portraying his subjects in simple settings and showing close attention to expression, pose, detail, and line.
After study with Pierre Petit in 1858, Carjat first took up photography to produce his series Le Panthéon Parisien in the early 1860s. He had several studios in Paris, from which he conducted a portrait business and contributed to the important series Galeries des célébrités contemporaines. Among his sitters were Émile Zola, Antonio Rossini, Charles Baudelaire, and Gustave Courbet. Carjat was a founder of the satirical journal Diogène (1856), as well as an author, actor, poet, and playwright. He became less active in photography after 1867 and reportedly ceased altogether after 1875. In 1878 he and Nadar are believed to have been the only mourners at the burial of their fellow caricaturist, the acerbic Honoré Daumier. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-05-27T00:00:00
19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 27-August 9, 2000).
title: France at the Dawn of Photography
opening date: 2009-10-04T00:00:00
France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).
title: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
opening date: 2016-10-22T04:00:00
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Paris, A l\'Image du Grenier sur l\'Eau, Sylvain and Yves Di Maris, Nov. 9 - Dec. 22, 1990: "Etienne Carjar, 1828-1906: Photographies d\'Acteurs," exhibition catalogue no. 16, p. 16, repr. p. 18.', 'opening_date': '1990-11-09T00:00:00'}
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 120
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.245/1996.245_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.245/1996.245_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.245/1996.245_full.tif