Henri Le Secq
Vierges Folles, Cathèdrale de Strasbourg

ArtistFrench, 1818–1882
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Vierges Folles, Cathèdrale de Strasbourg
Date1851
PlaceStrasbourg, France
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 12 13/16 × 8 3/4in. (32.5 × 22.3cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 13 13/16 in. (50.5 × 35.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.579
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-Newberry Library, Chicago, Sotheby's NY auction, April 26, 1990;.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd. on 5/23/1986.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in the negative, recto, bottom right corner: H. Le Secq. Strasbourg 1851.
Inscribed in ink on mount recto, bottom right corner: Vierges Folles. (Cathédrale de Strasbourg.)
Ink stamp on mount recto, beneath image: THE // NEWBERRY // LIBRARY // CHICAGO [inside a rectangle]
Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, upper right corner: 50 [circled]; in lower left corner: 50

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