Photograph Signed of Yvette Guilbert

Boughton signed the gelatin silver print of the immensely popular French singer and actress Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944) along the bottom margin in white ink, "Photograph by Alice Boughton." The image is identified on verso on tape, "Madame Yvette Guilbert to appear [sic] the Shubert-murat Theatre Aft. Apr. 6th." Below the tape,is the likely stamp of a publicist or agency. Above the tape, pencil docketing shows. Condition: some margin chipping at the cornered and slight bend at the lower left corner and at the "g" in Boughton. Signs of aging on verso. Photograph measures almost 8 1/2 x 6 1/4.

Boughton belonged to Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession group of photographers whose goal was to approach photography as a form of art. He included two of her photographs in his inaugural show in 1902. She was also active in promoting images of the educated, active "modern" woman who functioned beyond her home.