Grapevine
Artist
Charles Aubry
(French, 1811 - 1877)
Date1866
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 3/8 inches (26.83 × 36.51 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 16 9/16 inches (31.75 × 42.07 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 16 9/16 inches (31.75 × 42.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.14.1
SignedOn image recto, lower left, in negative/white: "29 Ch. Aubry"
InscribedOn mount verso, five round stamps, upper left, upper right, center, lower left, lower right, in blue ink: "BILLRD J-BAPT / Rue de Marzy, 2 / à NEVERS (Nievre)"
MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left, in pencil: "215" [circled];
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "215" [circled];
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "301014"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of grape clusters and vine; their shadows on the wall behind.Exhibition History
Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016 – January 8, 2017, no cat.
Pictured in bright sunlight, with areas of deep contrast, this grapevine assumes a sculptural presence in Charles Aubry’s photograph. Aubry designed fabric and wallpaper patterns and created an archive of photographic studies for artists and designers. In 1864, he started a company to produce plaster casts of flowers and plants. This endeavor may explain why he wished to emphasize, through light and shadow, the fruit’s three-dimensionality.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2009;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2010.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2010.
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