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Mount Maudit, Savoy
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About this work
The Bisson brothers’ photograph of Mount Maudit—which translates as “cursed mountain”—makes the 14,649-foot peak seem inaccessible. In fact, it was not summited until 1878. Photographing at high altitudes necessitated climbing while carrying heavy equipment, including large glass plates and a portable darkroom, and required extraordinary technical prowess and speed in working with the chemicals at low temperatures.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMount Maudit, Savoy, 1860. And Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826–1900), Louis-Auguste Bisson (French, 1814–1876). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 23.2 x 39.2 cm (9 1/8 x 15 7/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1985.94
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