About the Artwork
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Invention of Photography
1889
Emile Arthur Soldi
1846-1906
French
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 2 5/8 inches (6.7 cm)
Medals
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
22.194
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Markings
Signed, at left, obverse: E. SOLDI.
Inscribed, obverse, across top: INVENTION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Inscribed, obverse, across bottom: NICEPHORE-NIEPCE. L.J. DAGUERRE Inscribed, reverse, across top: DIVULGATION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Inscribed, reverse, across bottom: 1839. CINQUANTENAIRE. 1889
Provenance
(Paris Mint, Paris, France)
1922-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Emile Arthur Soldi, Fiftieth Anniversary of the Invention of Photography, 1889, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 22.194.
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