Alexandre BERTRAND (1822-1889), attributed to. The Reader, 1 - Lot 35

Alexandre BERTRAND (1822-1889), attributed to. The Reader, 1853-1854. Stereoscopic daguerreotype finely enhanced in color, produced on 1/3 or 2/6 plate, under its original glass, 8.6 x 16.8 cm. This is Pauline Sophie Lacroix (1839-1914). First arrested in 1857 for posing for François Lepage, she spent a month in Saint-Lazare prison. She was one of the most photographed nude models of the 1850s-60s. She is often seen smiling in her photographs. Provenance: Serge Nazarieff Collection, Geneva. Bibliography: Serge Nazarieff. Early erotic photography, Taschen, 1993, reproduced on page 81 and described on page 84 with attribution to Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil. François Boisjoly, Répertoire des photographes parisiens du xixe siècle, 2009. http://www.portraitsepia.fr/photographes/bertrand-3/ Denis Pellerin, The "Dirty-footed venuses", the catalog, 2023, page 31. Denis Pellerin, The "Dirty-footed venuses" and their photographs, 2023, page 11. Denis Pellerin, Le Nu stéréoscopique, les modèles et leur histoire, BEA + Polyverlags AG, 2020, pages 80-102.