BOOK

The Cromer collection of nineteenth-century French photography

George Eastman Museum, author

2022

Overview

\"In the early 20th century, Parisian photographer, amateur historian, and collector Gabriel Cromer (1873-1934) amassed a vast collection that traced photography's prehistory, invention, and subsequent development to about 1890. His dream was to found a national museum of the photographic arts in France. Although Cromer's ambition was never realized, his collection was central to the establishment of the world's first museum dedicated to photography: the George Eastman Museum. The Cromer Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Photography considers the origin and circulation of the collection as well as the influence it has had on photography as a field of study. The book's six essays, written by French and American scholars, explore the Cromer Collection's complex passage across markets, borders, and functions. For more than half a century, curators and scholars worldwide have drawn extensively on the Gabriel Cromer Collection for exhibitions and publications; this book provides the first focused scholarly study of the foundational resource\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: George Eastman Museum
• Subject: Cromer, Gabriel, 1873- Archives. / George Eastman Museum. / Photography France Archival resources. / Archival resources New York (State) Rochester.
• ISBN: 9780300264272

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
TR71 .G46 2022	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE