Le Petit Pont, Paris
1850
Charles Meryon
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on green laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 25.6 × 18.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.7 × 20.4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
mount: 47.7 × 32 cm (18 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.5.78
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 20, State iv/ix
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ministère de l'Intérieur, Paris (Lugt 1816d); Albert W. Scholle [1860-1917], New York City, (Lugt 2923a); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1953
Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection, Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1953, no cat.
1982
Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 21, repro.
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. "D-W 24-III-of 9" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Preserve this mount / important [underlined]" lower left mount, graphite, unknown hand. "118f" lower right mount, graphite, unknown hand. "20" lower center mount, graphite, unknown hand. "2e Etat (Boureau" lower right mount, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Wikidata ID
Q65071284