La Rue Pirouette aux halles, Paris (Pirouette Street, Near the Markets, Paris)

1860

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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

  • 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


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