Apr 15, 2002 - Sale 1931

Sale 1931 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,500 - $ 5,500
DURIEU, JEAN-LOUIS<>

Female nude. Albumen print, 8x5 1/4 inches, with notations in an unidentified hand, in pencil, on mount recto. 1850s

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This artful and early nude study by Durieu, who was originally trained as a lawyer, was produced as an "etude academique" for use by painters and sculptors. The artist Eugene Delacroix collaborated with Durieu by suggesting models and poses for his photographs.<