Nouvelle-Calédonie: Grande case indigène sur le chemin de Ballade à Poepo, 1845 (New Caledonia: Large Native Hut on the Road from Balade to Puebo, 1845)

1863

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.8 × 22.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
    plate: 14.2 × 24.7 cm (5 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.7 × 30.6 cm (7 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6186

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 87, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

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

"Meryon" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "Nouvelle Caledonie" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE852" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65019228

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