Bas-Bréau, Forest of Fontainebleau

1849-1852

Gustave Le Gray

Artist, French, 1820 - 1884

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.6 × 37.2 cm (10 1/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
    mount: 28 × 40.1 cm (11 × 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.92

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • The Second Empire 1852-1870: Art in France under Napoleon III. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 1978: 413-414.

1987

  • Janis, Eugenia Parry. The Photography of Gustave Le Gray. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Press, 44-53, illus.fig.6.

Inscriptions

lower left stamped in black ink: Gustave Le Gray

Wikidata ID

Q64154686

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