Lot Essay
A comparison with the illustration in Nazarieff shows the same studio chair and tasselled cushion.
Details
Attributed to ALEXIS GOUIN
Young woman with loosened bodice, circa 1851-55
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, lightly hand-tinted and with pin-prick detail, black and gilt-painted cover glass, paper-taped.
Young woman with loosened bodice, circa 1851-55
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, lightly hand-tinted and with pin-prick detail, black and gilt-painted cover glass, paper-taped.
Literature
Nazarieff, Early Erotic Photography, p. 99 (illus.) for comparison.