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Galerie Contemporaine
George Sand

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

Photographer: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon Nadar (1820-1910). George Sand. 1864. Woodburytype, printed ca. 1876, mounted to board. 23,1 x 17,1 cm (mount 29,7 x 22,5 cm). Printed below image: “Galerie Contemporaine” and “Cliché Nadar”; titled “GEORGE SAND.”

Made during Nadar’s developing friendship with Sand, this 1864 portrait belongs to a group of sittings in which the novelist took a close interest. Before one appointment, she wrote that Nadar would remake her portrait “until he succeeds.” Against a plain background, the image concentrates on her face and distinctive striped dress, conveying the strength and dignity for which the celebrated writer was admired. Sand subsequently made Félix and Ernestine Nadar her preferred portraitists.

Literatur: Galerie contemporaine, littéraire, artistique. 1st year, 2nd series, no. 37. Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1876, n.p.