Group of Ships Departing Le Havre
Artist
Gustave Le Gray
(French, 1820 - 1884)
Dateca. 1856
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 3/16 × 16 inches (30.96 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 21 × 26 13/16 inches (53.34 × 68.1 cm)
Mount: 21 × 26 13/16 inches (53.34 × 68.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.21.18
SignedOn image recto, lower right corner, stamped in red ink: "Gustave Le Gray";
Blindstamp on mount recto, bottom center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE GUSTAVE LE GRAY & C / PARIS".
InscribedOn mount recto, lower left corner, in pencil: "18795.";
On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "No. 2(Illeg. possibly 9 or 8)";
Blindstamp on mount recto, upper right corner: "EB".
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "ZZ1222"
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DescriptionImage of a seascape; five ships with sails are on the water; land is visible to the right with a lighthouse.Gallery LabelOne of the most influential photographers of the 19th century, Gustave Le Gray was a fervent proponent of the medium's artistic potential. This striking scene, taken at Normandy, near Le Havre, demonstrates Le Gray's masterful ability to fuse reality and romanticism in a single picture. Le Gray was renowned for these marine studies, which received both popular and critical acclaim and were among the most widely distributed photographs among art audiences in their day.
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Gustave Le Gray
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