The sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet's (1824-1910) acute observation of anatomical structure-sometimes carried out at the morgue-and his dexterous modeling of minute physiological details brought him fame at a time when naturalism was ascendant. The original negative (now lost), may have been the product of collaboration between Tournachon and his brother, Nadar.
Credit: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005
1854-55
Salted paper print from glass negative
9.7 x 6.8in
2005.100.45
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