La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Charles Meryon

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.2 × 18.9 cm (8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
    plate: 23 × 20.5 cm (9 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 35.9 × 26.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6172

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 42, State iii/vii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Studdy Theobald [1847-1934], London; Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 53, repro.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 80.

1953

  • The Collector's Taste, Andrew Dickinson White Art Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1953-1954.

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.

1992

  • Beck, Hubert. Edward Hopper. Hamburg, 1992: p. 35.

Inscriptions

"à Monsieur Gustave Salicis / son bien dévoué / C. Meryon" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "43" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019217


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