Artist's studio with lay figure, c1880s.
Photograph
1880s (photographed)
1880s (photographed)
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A staged photograph depicting an artist in his studio. The artist is actually a life-sized lay-figure, dressed in historical costume, which has been seated at a table and is holding brushes and a palette. On and around the desk is a display of small portrait prints an photographs whilst on the wall behind there is a display of religious images and decorative plates.
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Title | Artist's studio with lay figure, c1880s. (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Albumen print from collodion negative |
Brief description | Photograph, depicting artist's studio with lay figure, albumen print, Great Britain, ca. 1890s |
Physical description | A staged photograph depicting an artist in his studio. The artist is actually a life-sized lay-figure, dressed in historical costume, which has been seated at a table and is holding brushes and a palette. On and around the desk is a display of small portrait prints an photographs whilst on the wall behind there is a display of religious images and decorative plates. |
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Gallery label | Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018)
Marta Weiss
The protagonist in this tableau is a lay figure, a mannequin used by artists in place of a live model. This one has been posed as an artist, holding a palette and brushes, and surrounded by a dense display of photographs, paintings and objets d’art. The photograph may have been made in the studio of the Italian landscape painter Giovanni Costa (1826–1903). |
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Accession number | E.953-1993 |
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Record created | November 14, 2008 |
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