Baron Adolf De Meyer
The Balloon Man

ArtistAmerican, born France, 1868–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Balloon Man
Datec. 1912
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall: 8 9/16 × 6 5/8 in. (21.7 × 16.8 cm)
Frame: 14 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37.5 × 45.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.86.12
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[The Cronin Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Circle of Stieglitz ... from Houston Collections," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 6 March - 4 April 1982 (LN:82.18)

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008

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The Cup
Baron Adolf De Meyer
c. 1912
Photogravure
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The Silver Cap
Baron Adolf De Meyer
c. 1909, published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.2
Marchesa Casati
Baron Adolf De Meyer
c. 1912
Photogravure
78.86.3
Miss J. Ranken
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.4
Teddie
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.6
The Nymphenburg Figure
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.5
Aida, a Maid of Tangier
Baron Adolf De Meyer
c. 1912, published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.7
From the Shores of the Bosphorus
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.8
A Street in China
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.9
Windows on the Bosphorus
Baron Adolf De Meyer
c. 1912, published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.10
Mrs. Wiggins of Belgrave Square
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.11
Glass and Shadows
Baron Adolf De Meyer
published October 1912
Photogravure
78.86.13