Maurice Loewy
Photographie Lunaire: Apennins – Caucase – Alpes

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Artist Maurice Loewy(French, born Austria, 1833–1907)French, born Austria, 1833–1907

Artist Pierre Henri Puiseux(French, 1855–1928)French, 1855–1928

CultureFrench

Titles

Photographie Lunaire: Apennins – Caucase – Alpes
from Atlas Photographique de la Lune (Photographic Atlas of the Moon)

Date1894, printed 1894–1900

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage: 22 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (57.8 × 47.6 cm)
Sheet: 31 × 23 1/2 in. (78.7 × 59.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Zilkha in honor of Harry Hurt

Object number2017.440

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, Pennsylvania]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed in black, recto, above image: Grand Equatorial Coudé // PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE // APENNINS _ CAUCASE _ ALPES // PL. V // Observatoire de Paris
Printed in black, recto, below image: 1894 13 Fevrier 6h5 (t.m. Paris) // Agrandissement 14 fois // Diametre Lunaire 2m 40 // PAR M. M. LŒWY ET PUISEUX // Héliog & Imp Fillon & Heuse

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: 13933 [upside down] [dealer number]

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