Artist
Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877)French, 1812–1877
CultureFrench
Titles
- Falls of the Reichenbach
Datec. 1860
PlaceReichenbach Falls, Germany
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 18 15/16 in. (39 × 48.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 18 15/16 in. (39 × 48.1 cm)
Mount: 17 15/16 × 24 1/16 in. (45.5 × 61.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 18 15/16 in. (39 × 48.1 cm)
Mount: 17 15/16 × 24 1/16 in. (45.5 × 61.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Ray C. Fish Foundation, at "One Great Night in November, 1995"
Object number95.286
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Beginning his career as a draftsman and designer for the textile industry, Adolphe Braun was an early adopter of photography who seized the medium’s potential for both artistic and commercial endeavors. During the 1860s, Braun made an extensive series of Alpine landscapes, including this view of Reichenbach—the tallest waterfall in the Alps. Beautifully composed and printed at large scale, such vistas helped convey to city-bound viewers the sublime grandeur of sites few would see in person.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; Joachim Bonnemison, Paris; [Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In black ink, under image: Falls of the Reichenbach.
Inscribed in pencil, verso upper left corner: 84
Inscribed in pencil, verso upper left corner: 84
The photograph is not signed or dated.
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