Gustave Le Gray
The Obelisk

ArtistFrench, 1820–1884
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Obelisk
Date1857
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (37.9 × 45.5 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/8 × 25 in. (53.7 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.576
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection Leon Herschtritt, Paris; Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., Sussex.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., Sussex, on 5/2/1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Blind stamp, recto, bottom center of mount: photographie // Gustave Le Gray &C // Paris
Facsimile signature stamp in red ink, lower right corner of image: "Gustave Le Gray"

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