[The Salome of Henri Regnault, a scrap book of clippings relating to its purchase by M. Knoedler & Co. at the sale of the Marquise Landolfo Carcano, May 30, 1912] : Volume 1

1912 · [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] · 76 pictures

This 1912 scrap book of newspaper clippings, publisher and place unidentified, documents the purchase by the New York dealers M. Knoedler & Co. of Henri Regnault's painting of Salome at the Marquise Landolfo Carcano sale. The pages reproduce press photographs of a seated woman with long dark hair in an off-shoulder blouse and draped skirt, holding a large dish, with printed columns of French and English text around the images, showing how a newspaper layout handled a single painting.

Salome (Biblical figure) -- Art · Regnault, Henri, 1843-1871 · Salome

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