Peninsula of Giens, port Madrague, Hyères (var.), France
Original Language TitlePresqu'ile de Giens, port de la Madrague, Hueres (va.), France
Artist
Joseph-Pierre Anaclet Verignon
(French, ca. 1814 - 1870)
Dateca. 1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/8 inches (19.69 × 26.35 cm)
Mount: 12 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (32.7 × 40.48 cm)
Mount: 12 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (32.7 × 40.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.43
SignedArtist’s blind stamp on mount recto, bottom center: “PHOTOGRAPHIE / VERIGNON / HYERES [VAR]”
InscribedInscribed on mount recto, lower right corner, in black pen: “Presqu’île de Giens, port de la Madrague, Hyérès (Var)”
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower left corner, in black pen: “No. 5 [?]”;
On mount verso, left edge, in pencil: “31”;
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: “20638”.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionScenic image of figures seated near stone ledge at base of dirt road just off coast; another man sits alone in grass looking towards others. There are several boats docked near the rocky shore and mountains in the distance.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Pascal Sébah
ca. 1870s
2010.33.3.A,B