La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris)

1852

Charles Meryon

Associated Names
Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

The image depicts an architectural scene with a grand building featuring towers and steep rooftops. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, highlighting the structures. Additional architectural elements are visible in the background against a cloudy sky with smoke. The artwork is created using an etching technique with fine lines detailing the building's shadows and textures. The monochrome color palette uses sepia tones, typical of etched prints. In the foreground, a bridge with rounded arches spans a body of water, with a boat passing underneath.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.5 × 18.8 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 27 × 19.2 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1990, no. 23, State ii/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clendenin J. Ryan [1881-1939], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18 January 1940, lot 174); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Dedicatory Art Exhibition for the William Cooper Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1965, no. 19.

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

Not signed. Not dated. "LD 88 2e et [illeg.]." verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65019208

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