Billiards at School of Polytechnics, Paris
Original Language TitleBilliards at School of Polytechnique, Paris
Artist
Franck
(French, 1816 - 1906)
Date1858
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 9/16 inches (16.99 × 21.74 cm)
Mount: 9 11/16 × 12 9/16 inches (24.61 × 31.9 cm)
Mount: 9 11/16 × 12 9/16 inches (24.61 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.6.3
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "Br...[?]" / Ecole polytechnique - 1858 / Salle de récréation des anciens"
MarkingsOn mount verso, left edge, in pencil: "Franck 1858";
On mount verso, upper right, black stamp with pencil: "COLLECTION SIROT-ANGEL / 5";
On mount verso, right edge, in pencil: "14862";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "23004"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of young men in uniform playing billiards in long, narrow room with wall of open windows and framed maps.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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