La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris)
1860
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 12.8 × 9.8 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
plate: 15.5 × 11.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 9/16 in.)
sheet: 31.6 × 22.4 cm (12 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6676
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 66, State iii/vii
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
"C.M. et L." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "JAMET / M MAREE / BAINS DE MER / DIEPPE / JEANNE DAR / OUTILS LAB / CHARS CH / HERSESS / AU / DIABLE MURE / ASSURANC / CON / LINCEND / MILLE SERINGU / USTEN SILES / MENAGELEMT / HONORABLE-EX / 1860 / FRANC M / TABA" right composition, in plate. "DUVAL" lower left composition, in plate. "MERCEVINS" lower left composition, in plate. "16 DUPRE Mr BOUCHE" lower center composition, in plate. "CONTRIBU" lower right composition, in plate. "TABAC" lower right composition, in plate. "RUE PIROUETTE" lower center margin, in plate. "LD+W 49 III" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.16936" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "8" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped three times, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65019245