Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012993Self-Portrait (negative)
About the Artwork
After the announcement of the waxed paper negative process in 1851, Louis-Rémy Robert used the technique with remarkable results. In this self-portrait negative, the elegantly dressed photo-grapher stood in an animated profile pose. With great success, Robert exploited the inherent softness of the paper negative and its ability to render broad areas of light and shadow.
Exhibition history
19th-Century French Portrait Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 27-August 9, 2000).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1811–1882)
- Date
- c. 1853
- Medium
- waxed paper negative
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.3 x 17.9 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
- Accession no.
- 1998.195
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