These were used as "calling cards" or traded among friends and relatives, often stored in specialized albums.
This famous Post-Impressionist work depicts a scene inside a Parisian brothel.
The drawing often draws comparisons to Edouard Manet's Olympia . It features Delvaux's signature theme of "bourgeois spectators" contemplating a nude figure, a motif also seen in his 1932 painting The Sleeping Venus . La visite
Many 1950s limited edition folios featured these high-quality prints "hand tipped-in" on paper boards for collectors. 4. Other Notable Works La Visite Guidee | Walker Art Center
While the original is an oil on canvas, it has been widely reproduced as lithographs on heavy paper . These were used as "calling cards" or traded
3. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: La Visite: Rue des Moulins (1894)
Research papers often discuss the carte de visite in relation to the serial dynamic of photographic likeness and its role in industrial capitalism. Other Notable Works La Visite Guidee | Walker
It is currently held by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art . 2. Historical Photography: The Carte de Visite