107 - GUSTAVE COURBET - ÉTIENNE CARJAT 1828–1906

GUSTAVE COURBET - ÉTIENNE CARJAT 1828–1906 Portrait of Gustave Courbet, ca. 1870. Photograph. Albumen print in visiting-card format, with the following annotation in ink on the back: “Tall, stout, stooped; walks with difficulty due to back pain; long, graying hair; the air of a mocking peasant; rather poorly dressed.” Image: 8.8 x 5.2 cm; mount: 10.3 x 6.3 cm Accused of having facilitated the destruction of the Vendôme Column during the Paris Commune, Courbet was imprisoned and then forced into exile in Switzerland. On April 30, 1871, he wrote in a letter to his parents: “Paris is a true paradise! No police, no nonsense.”