Mécanisme de la Physionomie (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression)
1862
Artist, French, 1806 - 1875
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
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Artwork overview
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Medium
album cover
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 41 × 29 × 5 cm (16 1/8 × 11 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.52.1-32
Associated Artworks
See all 32 artworks
Weeping, tears of pity (left); Relaxed face (right)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne), Adrien Tournachon
1854
Scornful disgust (left); Scornful laughter (right)
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1854
Surprise
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)
1854
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alphonse Bertillon, Paris; by descent to Pascal Vincent-Bertillon, Paris; NGA purchase (through Denis Canguilhem, Paris), 2015.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
center of album cover, in gold letterpress: Db. Duchenne (de Boulogne) / Mécanisme / de la / Physionomie / Album