Alexandre Falguière
A 1902 Paris monograph by Léonce Bénédite and Gustave Larroumet on the sculptor Alexandre Falguière, published by Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne for art lovers and collectors. Its photographs record Falguière's statues of female figures, shot as plain studio views against dark or grey backdrops with a sculptor's attention to pose and drapery. A designer might take from them the classical contrapposto stance, the bow-and-arrow or lyre attributes, and the pale plaster or marble tonality against dark grounds.
