La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)

1852

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.1.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 23, State iii/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "Bu[illeg.]i[illeg.]" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a75446" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "49 G" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "MK / K303" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

(Albert W. Scholle collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink (Lugt 2923a). (Ministère de l'Intérieur blind stamp) lower right margin, (Lugt 1816d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071256

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