Ornamental Sculpture from the Paris Opera House (Arch Detail)

1865

Louis-Émile Durandelle

Artist, French, 1839 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and David Robinson

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 28.2 × 37.9 cm (11 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
    mount: 44.7 × 62.8 cm (17 5/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
    overall: 55.88 × 71.12 cm (22 × 28 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.35.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

Bibliography

1988

  • Keller, Ulrich. "Durandelle, The Paris Opera, and the Aesthetic of Creativity." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (February 1988), p.109-118.

1991

  • Photographie/Sculpture. Exh. cat. Centre National de la Photographie. Paris, 1991: 73.

Inscriptions

all on mount, printed in black ink: upper center: 12; lower center: LE NOUVEL OPERA DE PARIS / SCULPTURE ORNEMENTALE / DUCHER et Cie., Editeurs. / Durandelle, Photographe

Wikidata ID

Q64157602

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