Photographie Lunaire Blancanus - Tycho - Schiller

1899

Loewy et Puiseux

Associated Names
Loewy et Puiseux

Artist, French

Maurice Loewy

Artist, French, born Czech Republic, 1833 - 1907

Pierre Henri Puiseux

Artist, French, 1855 - 1928

This is a photograph of a cratered lunar surface. The image shows a detailed view of the rugged and cratered surface of the moon. Numerous circular and oval craters of varying sizes are scattered across the terrain. The texture of the surface displays pockmarks and shadows, while the right edge of the photograph transitions into darkness. The overall grayscale tones contribute to the stark and desolate appearance typical of lunar imagery.

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Artwork overview

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. XLIV / PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE / BLANCANUS - TYCHO - SCHILLER / Grand Equatorial Coudé Observatoire de Paris; across bottom on sheet: 1899 Novembre 14 9h5' t.m. Paris Agrandissement 14,0 fois Diamètre Lunaire 2m40 / PAR M.M. LOEWY ET PUISEUX / Héliog. & Imp. L. Schutzenberger Paris.; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 800 f; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: MLP0005

Wikidata ID

Q64157533

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