Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Pose

Paul Cézanne
Madame Cézanne
1888-90
Metropolitan Museum

Franck François Genès Chauvassaignes
Nude Model
albumen silver print, 1856-59
Metropolitan Museum

Nineteenth-century French products of the male gaze  now honored, scrutinized and preserved in specially created institutions of high prestige.

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Madame Reizet
1823
Metropolitan Museum

Eugène Durieu
Standing model
albumen silver  print, 1853-54
Getty

Eugène Durieu
Draped model
albumen silver print, 1853-54
Metropolitan Museum

Félix Nadar
Eve Lavallière
albumen silver print, late 19th century
Victoria & Albert Museum

Gustave Courbet
L'amazone
1856
Metropolitan Museum 

Gustave Courbet
Woman with Parrot
1866
Metropolitan Museum