Turkish steles
Artist
Pierre Trémaux
(French, 1818 - 1895)
Dateca. 1864
MediumPhotolithograph
DimensionsImage: 10 5/16 × 8 1/16 inches (26.19 × 20.48 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (55.25 × 35.88 cm)
Mount: 21 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (55.25 × 35.88 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (55.25 × 35.88 cm)
Mount: 21 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (55.25 × 35.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.40
SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in black ink: “Trémaux lithophot. Procédé Poitevin Lithophoto. Lemercier & Cie.r.de Seine 57, Paris. / STELES TURQUES”
InscribedOn mount recto, top, in black ink: “EXLORATION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE EN ASIE MINEURE / EPHESE GRECQUE_Pl.6.”;
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: “2057”;
On mount verso, top, in pencil: “3.”
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of stone pillars with engravings and carved designs at the top; the two in the foreground are leaning slightly towards one another.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
Pierre Trémaux was a French architect, archaeologist, and photographer. This is one of his most famous and mysterious images—a group of Turkish steles, or commemorative stone columns with detailed carvings, rendered with a very shallow depth of focus. Trémaux recorded historical artifacts and native peoples throughout the Middle East, Asia Minor, and North Africa.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Joseph-Pierre Anaclet Verignon
ca. 1854
2017.61.43
