Effet de Givre (The Effect of Frost)

1853

Édouard Loydreau

Associated Names
Édouard Loydreau

Artist, French, 1820 - 1905

The image contains a ground-level view of a frosty landscape. The foreground shows frost-covered grass and small shrubs, creating a textured surface. In the center, there is a brick structure with a stepped, pyramid-like design, and to the right is a building with visible triangular gable ends. Beyond the buildings, there are leafless trees against a bright sky. The horizon is marked by a line of frosted trees and shrubs in the distance. The overall palette is monochrome, emphasizing shades of brown and grey to enhance the wintry and desolate feel of the scene.

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Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, New York, 2001); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2018.

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Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom center in negative: Ed. Loydreau / effet de givre; lower center of mount, printed in black ink: ÉTUDES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES. / SÉRIE. NO. 71; bottom left of mount, printed in black ink: BLANQUART ÉVRARD, EDITEUR; bottom right of mount, printed in black ink: IMPRIMERIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, Blanquart- Evrard à Lille:; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: Q1369J; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: 13554-J / 1[circled]; center in graphite circled: D.M.B.; bottom right in graphite: Loydreau; bottom right in graphite: 77.021

Wikidata ID

Q64147066

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