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Landscape near Saint Sauveur
Landscape near Saint Sauveur

Landscape near Saint Sauveur

Artist Joseph Vicomte Vigier (French, 1821 - 1894)
Date1853
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 11/16 inches (25.73 × 37.31 cm)
Mount: 10 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (27.61 × 39.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.6.17
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "14."; On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "23063"
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DescriptionLandscape image of rocky terrain merging into steep mountain range with evergreens and patches of snow.Exhibition History

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label
Joseph Vicomte Vigier learned the calotype  (paper-negative) technique from Gustave Le Gray, in Paris. He made a major photographic excursion through Spain and the Pyrenees mountains in 1853. This travel resulted in a limited-edition photographic album titled Voyage dans les Pyrenees (1853). More than simple renditions of tourist destinations, Vigier worked in an artistic manner. His photographs have elegant compositions and emphasize subtle tonalities of light and atmosphere. 
Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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