Eight sepia photographs on one sheet. First four show a woman in a dress. Next three show two women dancing (one in top hat). Last photo is a woman alone.
Eight sepia photographs on one sheet. First four show a woman in a dress. Next three show two women dancing (one in top hat). Last photo is a woman alone.
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André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri

Portraits of two women, one with top hat

Maker

André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819-1890)

Title

Portraits of two women, one with top hat

Year

ca. 1860-1865

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

albumen

Dimensions

Sheet: 20 x 23.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

in negative recto center, "1X954"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Judith Tannenbaum

Object Number

2000.79

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

Exhibition History

Early Exposures
19th-Century Photography from the Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri patented the carte-de-visite method in 1854. This uncut example shows two women experimenting with pose and costume. Both women appear separately beside a column, but in three of the images the woman dressed as a man seems to engage in subtle flirtation with the other.

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819-1890)
Portraits of two women, one with top hat, ca. 1860-1865
Albumen print, carte de visite, from glass negative
Sheet: 20 x 23.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches)
Gift of Judith Tannenbaum 2000.79

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