Marius Bourotte
These photographs of thieves and assassins were heavily retouched with ink and gouache to facilitate their reproduction in illustrated newspapers and magazines. Although they were not conceived as typological studies, the cropping and retouching deliberately intensified their sinister aspect, producing caricatures of criminality that satisfied the sensationalism of the picture press.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marius Bourotte
- Artist: Unknown (French)
- Publisher: Le Petit Parisien (French, active 1876–1944)
- Date: 1929
- Medium: Gelatin silver print with applied color
- Dimensions: 11.6 x 16.2 cm. (4 9/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1996
- Object Number: 1996.158.3
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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