Showing Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness, at Cantor Arts Center

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François Willème, Unfinished photosculpture bust, ca. 1860
François Willème, Portrait of Matilde de Aguilera y Gamboa, c. 1865
François Willème, Unfinished photosculpture bust, ca. 1860. Oak and twine on base. Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1985.0517.0001. Courtesy of the George Eastman Museum.1 / 4

Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness

François Willème and others

Cantor Arts Center

Sep 17, 2026 – Jan 18, 2027 Stanford

Thu, Oct 15Lunchtime curator talk with Patrick R. Crowley, 12–1 pm

Thu, Dec 10Lunchtime curator talk with Patrick R. Crowley, 12–1 pm

First major show on photosculpture, the technique François Willème invented in 1859 to turn photographs into portrait busts, with plaster, porcelain and wood figures, lithographs and glass negatives.

Full details at museum.stanford.edu

Museum Stanford

Cantor Arts Center

328 Lomita Drive

Open Mon 11–6, Thu 11–8, Fri 11–6, Sat–Sun 10–5

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