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[Storyville Portrait]
E. J. BellocqWW-1907-522813
Purchase, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2013
Catalogue
- Year
- 1907
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- E. J. Bellocq
Artist
E. J. Bellocq
Photography
Ernest Joseph Bellocq was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' legalized red-light district. These have inspired novels, poems and films.
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- E. J. Bellocq
- Year
- 1907
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1907-522813
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified