Nadar

288 Pages·1995·37.849 MB·English

by  Maria Morris Hambourg, Francoise Heilbrun, Philippe Neagu

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Maria Morris Hambourg
Francoise Heilbrun
Philippe Neagu
With contributions by
SylvieAubenas, AndreJammes, Ulrich Keller,
SophieRochard, andAndreRouille
ArchbishopMittytti^hSchool
Library
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Thisvolumeispublishedinconjunctionwiththeexhibition"Nadar."held
attheMuseed'Orsay,Paris,fromJune7toSeptember11,1994,andat
TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork,fromApril14toJuly9,1995.
TheexhibitionwasorganizedbyTheMetropolitanMuseumofArtand
theReuniondesMuseesNationaux/Museed'Orsay,incooperationwith
theBibliothequeNationaledeFrance.
TheexhibitioninNewYorkanditsaccompanyingcataloguearesupported
byagenerousgrantfromSpringsIndustriesandarepartofTheSprings
ofAchievementSeriesontheArtofPhotography.
PublishedbyTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork
JohnP.O'Neill,EditorinChief
RuthLurieKozodoy,Editor
BruceCampbell,Designer
GwenRoginskyandJayReingold,Production
Copyright©1995byTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.NewYork
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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Hambourg,MariaMorris.
Nadar/MariaMorrisHambourg,FrancoiseHeilbrun,PhilippeNeagu;
withcontributionsbySylvieAubenas...[etal.].
p. cm.
Includesbibliographi—calreferencesandindex.
isbn0-87099-735-1. isbn0-87099-737-8(pbk.).
isbn0-8109-6489-9(Abrams).
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1.Celebriti—es Fran—ce Portraits Exhibitions. 2.Portrait
photography France Exhibitions. 3.Nadar,Felix,1820-1910
Exhibitions. I.Nadar,Felix,1820-1910. II.Heilbrun,Francoise.
III.Neagu,Philippe. IV.Title.
TR681.F3H—37 1995
779'-2'°92 dc20 94-44424
Jacket/coverillustration:NadarandAdrienTournachon. Pierrotthe
photographer,1854-55.MuseeCarnavalet,Paris(pi.8)
TO PHILIPPE NEAGU
1943-1994

Contents
Sponsor'sStatement viii
Directors'Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Portraitof Nadar 2
MARIA MORRIS HAMBOURG
NadarandtheArtofPortraitPhotography
35
FRANfOISE HEILBRUN
NadarandtheArtisticLifeofHisTime 59
PHILIPPE NEAGU
SortingOutNadar 77
ULRICH KELLER
Beyondthe Portrait, BeyondtheArtist 95
SYLVIE AUBENAS
WhenIWasaPhotographer: TheAnatomyofaMyth 107
ANDRE ROUILLE
The NadarStudio, DispersedandRecovered 115
ANDRE JAMMES
Plates 119
Catalogue 221
Chronology 251
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SelectedBibliography 257
LenderstotheExhibition 264
Index 265
Photograph Credits 272
Sponsor's Statement
The Springs ofAchievement Series
ontheArt of Photography
Nadarwasaninnovatorinphotographyatatimewhenthe
techniquewasitselfnew.Asthisexhibitionmakesclear,his
portraiturewentbeyondfirstimpressions.Nadar'sgreatest
passionwaspeople.Hissearchingportraitsimmortalized
thegreatmenandwomenofhisera,thosewhowerethem-
selvesdefiningtheartsandhumanitiesinthe1850s.Then
hepushedhisartbeyondthetechnologiesofthetime,as-
piringtospeedhumanprogressthroughaphotography
weddedtoscience.TheMetropolitanMuseumofArtcele-
bratesNadar'sachievementswiththefirstmajorexhibition
ofhisworkinthiscountryandthepublicationofits
accompanyingcatalogue.
SpringsIndustriesisproudtosponsorthislong-awaited
exhibitionatitsonlyAmericanvenue.Themostrecent
additiontoTheSpringsofAchievementSeriesontheArt
ofPhotography,nowinitsseventeenthyear,thisexhibition
exemplifiesourcommitmenttohonoringcreativeexpres-
sionandbringingtothepublicoutstandingachievements
inphotographicart.
WalterY.Elisha
ChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficer
SpringsIndustries