Nadar

French, 1820 - 1910

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French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)

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A mustachioed man and a woman, both with light skin, crowd in the basket of a hot air balloon in this vertical, sepia-toned photograph. To our left, the man wears a tall top hat and a dark coat and cravat. With his body angled slightly to our right, he holds a pair of binoculars at his waist as he looks down and off to the side to our left. On our right, the woman wears a plaid patterned shawl that wraps around her body and seems to cover her head. A bow tied under her chin is a little wider than her face, and the wide ends of the ribbons reach far down her chest. She looks at us. The profile and torso of a person is cropped by the right edge of the photograph. Building on that, we eventually realize that the basket hangs a few feet above the floor in front of what must be a painted backdrop in a studio. The left edge is blurred and a sliver showing other people, or perhaps another exposure, is visible.
Nadar, Paul Nadar, Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine in a Balloon Gondola, c. 1865, printed c. 1890, gelatin silver print, Robert B. Menschel Fund, 2000.21.1

Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine in a Balloon Gondola

Nadar, Paul Nadar · c. 1865, printed c. 1890 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2000.21.1

Nadar, Honoré Daumier, 1856/1858, salted paper print, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1995.36.106

Honoré Daumier

Nadar · 1856/1858 · salted paper print ·  Accession ID  1995.36.106

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes, Planche IX – Portrait de Jules Janin, d'après Nadar (Plate IX – Portrait of Jules Janin, by Nadar), c. 1857, printed 1982, photogravure, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 2008.138.1.9

Planche IX – Portrait de Jules Janin, d'après Nadar (Plate IX – Portrait of Jules Janin, by Nadar)

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes · c. 1857, printed 1982 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2008.138.1.9

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes, Planche X – Portrait du Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, d'après Nadar (Plate X – Portrait of Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, by Nadar), c. 1857, printed 1982, photogravure, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 2008.138.1.10

Planche X – Portrait du Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, d'après Nadar (Plate X – Portrait of Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, by Nadar)

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes · c. 1857, printed 1982 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2008.138.1.10

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes, Planche VIII – Portrait de Théophile Gautier, d'après Nadar (Plate VIII – Portrait of Théophile Gautier, by Nadar), c. 1857, printed 1982, photogravure, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 2008.138.1.8

Planche VIII – Portrait de Théophile Gautier, d'après Nadar (Plate VIII – Portrait of Théophile Gautier, by Nadar)

Charles Nègre, Nadar, André Jammes · c. 1857, printed 1982 · photogravure ·  Accession ID  2008.138.1.8

Bibliography

1921

  • Ref Number: 1928
    Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes; marques estampillees et ecrites de collections. Amsterdam: Vereenigde drukkerijen, 1921.

  • Ref Number: 1929
    Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes; marques estampillees et ecrites de collections. Amsterdam: Vereenigde drukkerijen, 1921.