Carte photographique de la lune, planche XII.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XII.A)

October 11, 1908, printed 1914

Charles Le Morvan

Artist, French, 1865 - 1933

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.1 × 25.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
    plate: 38.9 × 29.5 cm (15 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 37.9 cm (19 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.22.1.36

Associated Artworks

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Carte photographique de la lune, planche I (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate I)

Charles Le Morvan

1909

Carte photographique de la lune, planche VI (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate VI)

Charles Le Morvan

1901

Carte photographique de la lune, planche XI.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XI.A)

Charles Le Morvan

1907


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rick Watson, London); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

top center in plate mark typed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE / Par C. Le Morvan; top left: Facteur d’Agrand. t. 6,0; top right: PL.XII.A.; across bottom: 1908 Octobre 11 12h 15m 25s T.M. de Paris Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris Diamètre lunaire 1m, 03; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 27° à 70° O. / EN LAT. 32° à 80° N. / Héliog. L. Massard, Paris.


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