Eugène Brussaux. The African Venus. Silver gelatin print. 1906.

Artist/photographer: Eugène Brussaux. He was an ethnographer and a photographer. In 1906 Eugene Brussaux participated in the African expedition known as Mission Henri Moll. Title: Une vanneuse de mil, a Lere. [A millet winnower from Lere]. Also known under the titles The African Venus and Eré village, Moundan Woman. Dimensions: Image 10 6/8" (270 mm) x 7 1/2" (190 mm). Mat 13 1/2" x 10 2/8". Published: L'Illustration, Avril 20, 1907, p. 253. Aux confins de notre empire africain. Reproduced in bronze: Ernest Guilbert (1848-?). Vanneus de Mil. Barbedienne, 1907. Date: 1906. Material and Techniques: Silver gelatin print on paper. The mat of the period. Condition: good. Reference: Selected prints from Adnan Sezer’s exhibition at Daniel Blau, London, 2015. No. 8. Treasures of the collections of the French Geographic Societe. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Exhibition catalog. Paris 2007. Olivier Loiseaux, Gilles Fumey, Freddy Langer. Die Entdeckung der Welt. Prestel, 2019. Art Movements, Periods and Schools: French School XIX C.