La divine comtesse : photographs of the Countess de Castiglione
Symbol of the Second Empire, the mysterious Countess de Castiglione dedicated her life to a cult of personal beauty and made sensational appearances at various stages of her life that she recreated for the camera. This book is a collection of the most remarkable of these photographs.
Print Book, English, 2000
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Yale University Press in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2000
Exhibition catalogues
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
9780300085099, 0300085095
49276261
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 Sept.-31 Dec. 2000--T.p. verso
Revised edition of La Comtesse de Castiglione par elle-même, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 12 Oct. 1999-23 Jan. 2000, published in 1999 by Editions de la Réunion de musées nationaux, Paris--T.p. verso