Ornamental Sculpture from the Paris Opera House (Column Fragment), 1865/1874

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Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

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sheet: 272 × 21.1 cm (107 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
mount: 63 × 44.2 cm (24 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
overall: 71.12 × 55.88 cm (28 × 22 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and David Robinson

Accession Number

1995.35.9

Artists / Makers

Louis-Émile Durandelle (artist) French, 1839 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

all on mount, printed in black ink: upper center: 27; lower center: LE NOUVEL OPERA DE PARIS / SCULPTURE ORNEMENTALE / DUCHER et Cie., Editeurs. / Durandelle, Photographe

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

Bibliography

1988: Keller, Ulrich. "Durandelle, The Paris Opera, and the Aesthetic of Creativity." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (February 1988), p.109-118.