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Portrait of Eleanora Duse

1910–1915

Baron Adolph de Meyer

(American, 1868–1949)
Culture
America
Medium
platinum print
Measurements
Image: 33.1 x 24.4 cm (13 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Lawrence Hitchcock Fund 1995.29
Copyright
© Courtesy of the G. Ray Hawkins Gallery
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Adolph de Meyer's celebrity portraits are characterized by their soft focus and inventive lighting. The subject of this example is Eleanor Duse (1859–1924), an Italian-born tragic actress acclaimed throughout Europe and America. Assuming an appropriately theatrical pose, in de Meyer's composition she stares, with head slightly raised, directly at the camera. Lush shadows obscure much of the detail. De Meyer frequently used a lens that was sharply ground at its center and softly polished at its edges to produce the desired, mysterious effect.

Portrait of Eleanora Duse

1910–1915

Baron Adolph de Meyer

(American, 1868–1949)
America

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