Charles Marville
[The Emperor's Kiosk, Bois de Boulogne, Paris]

CultureFrench
Titles
  • [The Emperor's Kiosk, Bois de Boulogne, Paris]
Date1858–1860
Place depictedParis, France
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in. (23.3 × 35.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in. (23.3 × 35.3 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 17 13/16 in. (31.4 × 45.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Malcolm Daniel and Darryl Morrison in honor of Gary Tinterow
Object number2019.609
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

The Bois de Boulogne, the vast royal hunting park at the western edge of Paris, was transformed in the 1850s into an expansive public park for bourgeois recreation—weekend promenades where one might see and be seen, an effortless paddle on a calm lake, luncheon or tea at an outdoor pavilion, and communing with a fantasy version of nature. Photographing the new park was Charles Marville’s first official commission; he would be tapped again by the City of Paris in the 1860s to record both the older parts of the city being demolished and the modern Paris taking shape.


Provenance[Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, June 6, 2018]; purchased by Malcolm Daniel and Darryl Morrison, Houston; given to MFAH, 2019.
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