New Paris Opera, ornamental sculpture

Original Language TitleLe Nouvel Opera de Paris, Sculpture Ornementale

Artist Delmaet & Durandelle, Hyacinthe César Delmaet (1828-1862); Louis-Emile Durandelle (1839-1917) (French, active 1845 - 1917)

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

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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