Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris (House with a Turret, Weavers' Street, Paris)

1852

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

The image depicts an architectural street scene captured from a straight-on perspective. The focus is on the intricate design of the buildings, with a prominent conical tower in the center. Various rooftops with smokestacks emitting smoke are visible. The artwork is detailed in an etching style with a monochromatic sepia color palette. Small human figures are shown near us, some standing and others moving along a cobbled street, adding scale and activity to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.6 × 13.2 cm (9 11/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 35.7 × 22.1 cm (14 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 24, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1925 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 115.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Turreted House in the rue de la Tixeranderie, Paris.

Bibliography

1924

  • Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.

Inscriptions

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Tourelle rue de la Tixéranderie-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "k4439 / c4919" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "c.12867" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65071226

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