Apr 15, 2002 - Sale 1931

Sale 1931 - Lot 27

Price Realized: $ 2,070
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Estimate: $ 900 - $ 1,200
DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, DR. G. B./TOURNACHON, ADRIEN<>
Photocomposite from mechanisme de la physionomie humaine.<> Albumen print with 16 vignette portraits of patients in Duchenne's experiments, overall size 5 1/24 1/2 inches, on the 10 1/2x6 3/4-inch mount. 1852-56
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Dr. Duchenne (1806-1875), an important Parisian neurologist, lead a series of experiments to prove that human physiognomy could be understood through a study of electrically manipulated facial muscles. To document his project he called upon the photographer Adrien Tournachon, the younger brother of Nadar. <