[BERGSON] HARLINGUE, Albert (1879-1964)

[BERGSON] HARLINGUE, Albert (1879-1964)

Vintage silver print
N.p.n.d. [c. 1912 ?], 14,3 x 5,5 cm
Mounted on flexible card (approx. 15 x 6.4 cm)
Collection stamps and annotations (some erroneous) on verso

Handsome and elegant portrait of the philosopher and academician

Bergson could not be more recognizable than in this photograph: dark suit, white collar, tie, he wears his bowler hat and holds his cane, accessories he hardly ever leaves behind. The philosopher poses nonchalantly, leaning against a door adorned with a lace curtain, on what appears to be the threshold of an apartment building’s courtyard. This print is a vertical crop of a photograph that was originally wider.