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

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Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

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sheet: 27.8 × 21 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
mount: 60.6 × 44.7 cm (23 7/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and David Robinson

Accession Number

1995.35.7

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: 29; 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.