Portrait of François "Féral" Benga (1)
Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg (Waléry)
(Polish, 1863 – 1929)
1930
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print, toned
DimensionsImage: 14.9 × 9.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 23.5 × 14 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 23.5 × 14 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession number2021.823
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On viewClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsPhotographer Waléry's (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy Ostroróg) signature and notation Paris, in ink, on recto, and his hand stamp in blue ink on verso.ProvenanceNovember 19, 2013, sold at Piasa auction, Paris, lot 74, to U.S. private collector; August 19, 2021, sold by U.S. private collector at Swann auction, New Work, lot 21, to the MFA . (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)
Alphonse Maria Mucha
