Charles Soulier
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris

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Artist Charles Soulier (French, before 1810–after 1876)French, before 1810–after 1876

CultureFrench

Titles

Jardin des Tuileries, Paris

Date1860s

Place depictedParis, France

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in. (19 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in. (19 × 25.2 cm)
Mount (Primary): 10 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (27.6 × 30.8 cm)
Mount (Secondary): 14 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (35.8 × 46 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors

Object number2014.190

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

This unassuming print is a perfect evocation of Paris,
depicting the Tuileries garden with the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde and
the Arc de Triomphe visible in the distance. The play of verticals—granite
obelisk, marble sculptures, standing figure, and spray of water—suggest man’s
place in a continuum of nature and artifice, as well as of things timeless and
ephemeral.

Provenance[Daniel Wolf, New York]; [Hans P. Kraus Fine Photographs, New York]; [Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed in black with inscribed additions, recto, lower center below image: Photographié d’après nature par CH. SOULIER // PARIS // Jardin des Tuileries [inscribed in black ink] // Publié à Paris, 141, Boulevart Sébastopol.

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