La Tour de l'Horloge, Paris (The Clock Tower, Paris), 1852

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

sheet: 29 × 21.7 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 23, State iii/x

Accession Number

1949.1.32

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C.M." upper right composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "Bu[illeg.]i[illeg.]" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "a75446" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "49 G" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "MK / K303" verso, lower center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

(Albert W. Scholle collector's stamp) verso, purple stamped ink (Lugt 2923a). (Ministère de l'Intérieur blind stamp) lower right margin, (Lugt 1816d).

Exhibition History

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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.