Vintage Heliogravure Photos by Mathew Brady- Emile Zola & Spouse; Whistler-Verve-Paris-1939

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Captivating mid 20th century heliogravure photos by Mathew Brady(1822-1896) printed by Neogravure on wove paper for the 1939 issue of … more Captivating mid 20th century heliogravure photos by Mathew Brady(1822-1896) printed by Neogravure on wove paper for the 1939 issue of the French art journal "Editions Verve" published by Teriade, Paris. Whistler is depicted and another full page photograph of author Emile Zola and the mother of his children by Brady printed in heliogravure is on the reverse. Folio sized.

Opinions differ about the print-run of Verve but the best estimate seems to be 2000. Please view our other listings from Verve.

Mathew B. Brady was one of the earliest photographers in American history, best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

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