Train station, Toulon, France

Original Language TitleGare de Toulon

Artist Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813 - 1889)

Dateca. 1861

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 13/16 × 17 inches (27.51 × 43.18 cm)
Mount: 18 × 23 15/16 inches (45.72 × 60.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.22.5

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "E. Baldus"

InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, printed in black type: "TOULON."

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DescriptionImage of railway station with train tracks crossing under a covered platform. Arched doorways and wall sconces line both sides of the platform. Rail cars are parked near left and right edges of the frame.Gallery Label

Gallery Label

Édouard-Denis Baldus photographed the train station in Toulon while on commission for the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) railroad. Baldus places his subject in the center, using the slender train tracks to lead the viewer’s eye to the station. To make this print Baldus used a glass negative, which provided greater detail and clarity than paper negatives. This bold, simple composition devoid of extraneous detail was well suited to Baldus’s modern architectural subject.

Provenance

Serge Kakou, Paris, France;
Purchased from Serge Kakou by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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