Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale (The New Paris Opera: Ornamental Sculpture)

1875

Louis-Émile Durandelle

Associated Names
Louis-Émile Durandelle

Artist, French, 1839 - 1917

The image shows a cover with complex, swirling shapes and organic lines. The design is abstract, with a mottled pattern resembling a tangled forest floor of fallen leaves or the intricate grain of a wood surface. On the left-hand side, there is a solid, deep red strip that contrasts with the diverse assortment of colors and forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound album of albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 62.3 × 47.7 × 5 cm (24 1/2 × 18 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.34.1

  • Volume Title

    Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale (The New Paris Opera: Ornamental Sculpture)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA); NGA purchase, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

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