Rear Surface of Human Iris
Artist
Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch
(French, died 1871)
CultureFrench
Date1853-1857
MediumSalted paper print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (21.6 × 9.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/4 × 10 9/16 in. (31.1 × 26.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 13 15/16 in. (43.2 × 35.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/4 × 10 9/16 in. (31.1 × 26.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 13 15/16 in. (43.2 × 35.4 cm)
InscribedIdentified in Bertsch's index and captioned in pencil on the mount. Numbered "45" in red pencil on mount.
Credit LineGift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Object number2000.26
On View
Not on viewProvenanceHippolyte Fizeau; Pierre Lambert; Marie Thérèse and André Jammes; Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2000.
Jean Baptiste Eugène Piot
1852