Étude Macabre

Francis Bruguière

negative 1923–1925; print 1926

Collotype

J. Paul Getty Museum

A group of people are shown in a dramatic, close-up composition. One person in the foreground, with theatrical makeup, looks upwards with an open mouth and outstretched hand. A group of people are shown in a dramatic, close-up composition. One person in the foreground, with theatrical makeup, looks upwards with an open mouth and outstretched hand. A multiple exposure of actor Sebastian Droste wearing theatrical makeup. He makes different gestures and expressions.