Adolphe Braun
[The Sphinx and the Pyramids]

ArtistFrench, 1812–1877
CultureFrench
Titles
  • [The Sphinx and the Pyramids]
Date1869
PlaceGiza, Egypt
MediumCarbon print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 18 15/16 in. (37.5 × 48.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/16 × 19 1/2 in. (41.1 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louis K. Adler in honor of Fayez Sarofim and Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 1992"
Object number92.465
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; Joachim Bonnemison, Paris; [Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 22, 1996 thru March 29, 1997
Exhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

"Egyptomania," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18 March - 5 August 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Marked in pencil on verso, bottom edge: "4 Archj 49 Egypte"

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