Demolition for the Opening of the rue des Ecoles (Demolitions pour le percement de la rue des Ecoles)

Maxime Lalanne

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

The image depicts a ground-level view of a scene filled with debris and construction materials. Tall aged buildings obscure the high horizon in an urban setting. The buildings are adorned with small windows, tattered cloths, and structural imperfections. The detailed etching style uses fine lines for texture and depth. Broken stone slabs and wooden boards are scattered in the foreground, with a solitary figure in the distance. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of sepia and black to represent the urban environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé`

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.9 x 31.9 cm (9 7/16 x 12 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.69.78

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 3, state ii/vii

  • Series Title

    Eaux-fortes modernes originales et inedites [1974.69.1-124]

Associated Artworks

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Etang de Fayelles (Bretagne)

Tancrède Abraham

1863

Eaux-fortes modernes originales et inedites

Société des Aquafortistes, Cadart et Luquet

1862

La Jouane

Tancrède Abraham

1867

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Demolition for the Opening of the rue des Ecoles.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892, no. 5.

1972

  • Bailly-Herzberg, Janine. L'eau-forte de peintre du dix-neuvieme siecle; La Societe des Aquafortistes 1862-1867. Paris, 1972: 199.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 3, state ii/vii.

Inscriptions

in plate (on rocks left of center): ALMANACH / Des / AQUA-FORT.; lower right: LALANNE.

Wikidata ID

Q65575381

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