Study for "Le Petit Pont", probably c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 8.4 x 18 cm (3 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.6191

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"2 extremite d[illeg.] qui / l'epreuve la 1er maison [illeg.] / le pont [illeg.] IIeme" upper center composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "(a) bande d'amames- mon zine de [illeg,] / toute cette l'arche le [illeg.] est très dégradée" lower composition, brown ink, artist's hand. "très dégradée" lower center composition, graphite, artist's hand. [illegible inscription] lower right composition, graphite, artist's hand. "a le [illeg.] IIeme." upper right composition, graphite, artist's hand. "Study by C. Meryon / of details of his etching / Le Petit Pont / LD 24" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "(from the Burty collection)" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"PB" (Philippe Burty collector's stamp) lower right composition, red stamped ink, (Lugt 2071).

Provenance

P.Burty(L.2071), B.MacGeorge(L.394), LJR(L.Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius