Halle aux Blés (Intérieur)

1865–1869

Charles Marville

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Charles Marville

Artist, French, 1813 - 1879

The image shows a central lamp post surrounded by large sacks. The color scheme is grayscale. In the foreground, a tall ornate lamp post stands amid several bags. In the background, two numbered archways labeled '12' and '14' display stacks of more bags and a clock on the wall to the left. The setting includes a rounded architectural space with a balustrade above and two smaller lamp fixtures on each side of the central archway.

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Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Jeffrey Hugh Newman, Newark, NJ, 25 September 2019; gift to NGA, 2022.

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Inscriptions

on label affixed to mount below, center, by unknown hand in black ink: Halle aux Blés (Intérieur); by unknown hand, on lower right corner of mount in graphite: no 75; center: V1170j; stamp embossed below label on mount: CH. MARVILLE / PHOTOGRAPHE / DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX / 75, RUE D’ENFEE / PARIS; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left corner in graphite: 300626.70; bottom center: PF74002-222

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