A World History of Photography Book Poster
- Pierre-Louis Pierson
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19 x 25 inches ~ (48 x 63 cm)$175
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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A World History of Photography, published by Abbeville Press, by Naomi Rosenblum,
Portrait of the Italian aristocrat Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, by Pierre-Louis Pierson ca 1863–1866. "Scherzo di Follia" (Play of Madness), part of a series of over 400 experimental portraits the Countess conceptualized and starred in.
Widely considered emblematic of early photographic art and self-portraiture, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
