Self-Portrait (negative)
Louis-Rémy Robert (French, 1811–1882)
c. 1853
- Medium
- waxed paper negative
- Classification
- Photograph
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.3 x 17.9 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
