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[Portrait of Louise Halévy by Lamplight. (Portrait de Louise Halévy à la lueur de la lampe)]
Creator
Edgar DegasFrench Photographer · 1834–1917
All works by this person →> No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament . . . I know nothing. > > --Edgar Germaine Hilaire Degas From a wealthy Parisian family, Degas devoted himself exclusively to painting without needing to sell a canvas. His training was conventional: he spent five years in Italy, studied the O
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- 1895
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
One of Edgar Degas's most daring experiments in photography was to enlarge his negatives at a time when techniques for doing so first became reliable. To achieve the enlarging, he utilized the services of Tasset et Lhote, an artists' supply shop that was one of the first to also supply photographic services. From Guillaume Tasset, Degas obtained photographic supplies and sought advice about procedures, and from Tasset's daughter Delphine, who operated the photo studio, he ordered enlargements. This image of his childhood friend Louise Halévy reading, printed by Delphine Tasset, is an example of Degas's experiments with enlarging.
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