Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a photographic photography by Victor Rousseau. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This untitled photograph is part of a collection bequeathed to the Archive of Art and Design in 1938 by William Kineton Parkes. It depicts a marble sculpture of three nude figures.
Subject & Meaning
The sculpture shows a woman flanked by a man and another woman, arranged to convey intimacy and connection. The figures' poses, including one woman's raised arm, contribute to the overall sense of the scene.
Technique & Style
The sculpture is rendered in marble, evident from its texture and the way light reflects off its surface. The use of chiaroscuro, an artistic technique that exploits contrasts between light and dark, is likely relevant to understanding the sculpture's visual effect.
History & Provenance
The photograph was collected by William Kineton Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian, as part of his research on sculpture in the 1920s. He gathered images by sending questionnaires to sculptors, and this photograph was one of the responses received.
Artist & collection
Artist
Victor Rousseau carried a camera everywhere but never called himself a photographer.
