Upper waterfall, Pyrenees

Original Language TitleCascade Supérieure

Artist Louis Alphonse Davanne (French, 1824 - 1912)

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.12 × 24.77 cm)
Mount: 17 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (44.15 × 34.29 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.14

SignedArtist's monogram on mount recto, bottom, blind stamp: "AD"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "49"; On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "Davanne" / "B / A4 / M9" / "VPS".

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DescriptionScenic image of cascading waterfall in center of rocky landscape with tall evergreens surrounding. A small wooden pedestrian bridge is at the base of the falls.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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