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New Paris Opera, ornamental sculpture
recto overall
recto overall

New Paris Opera, ornamental sculpture

Original Language TitleLe Nouvel Opera de Paris, Sculpture Ornementale
Dateca. 1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 inches (38.43 × 27.94 cm)
Mount: 24 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches (62.87 × 44.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.50.23
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "LE NOUVEL OPÉRA DE PARIS / SCULPTURE ORNEMENTALE / DUCHER et Cie, Editeurs. / Durandelle, Photographe."
MarkingsOn image recto, upper left, on negative: "No40"; On image recto, lower left corner, on negative: "No160"; On image recto, lower left corner, in black: "No40"; On mount recto, top, stamped in black ink: "40".
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DescriptionImage of a man carving a decorative detail into facade of building (New Paris Opera).Gallery Label

Between 1865 and 1872, Louis-Émile Durandelle produced approximately one-hundred and fifteen photographs recording the construction and decoration of the new Parisian opera house, a neo-Baroque structure designed by Charles Garnier. In this intimate view, Durandelle conveys the scale and grandeur of the building project by including stone carvers at work on elements of a decorative frieze in the background. Construction on the Opéra was completed in 1875. The following year, Durandelle published a portfolio of prints from his ten-year project, titled Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris: Sculpture Ornementale.

 

Provenance
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;   
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
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Workers within the structure, Nouvel Opéra de Paris
Delmaet & Durandelle, Hyacinthe César Delmaet (1828-1862); Louis-Emile Durandelle (1839-1917)
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Delmaet & Durandelle, Hyacinthe César Delmaet (1828-1862); Louis-Emile Durandelle (1839-1917)
1864
2015.50.24
The New Paris Opera, ornamental sculpture
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2016.75.65
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Todd Webb
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Louis-Armand-Hippolyte Fizeau
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Unknown
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