Photographie Lunaire Rayonnement de Tycho - Phase Croissante
1899
Artist, French
Artist, French, born Czech Republic, 1833 - 1907
Artist, French, 1855 - 1928

Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 57.15 x 46.67 cm (22 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.)
sheet: 79.53 x 60.01 cm (31 5/16 x 23 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2006.133.90
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
printed, across top on sheet: PL. XXXVI / PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE / RAYONNEMENT DE TYCHO - PHASE CROISSANTE / Grand Equatorial Coudé Observatoire de Paris; across bottom on sheet: 1899 Novembre 14 9h5' t.m. Paris Agrandissement 7,69 fois Diamètre Lunaire 1m32 / PAR M.M. LOEWY ET PUISEUX / Héliog & Imp. L. Schutzenberger Paris.
Wikidata ID
Q64157530