Maurice Loewy
Photographie Lunaire: Lalande – Copernic – Képler

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Artist Maurice Loewy (French, born Austria, 1833–1907)French, born Austria, 1833–1907

Artist Pierre Henri Puiseux (French, 1855–1928)French, 1855–1928

CultureFrench

Titles

Photographie Lunaire: Lalande – Copernic – Képler
from Atlas Photographique de la Lune (Photographic Atlas of the Moon)

Date1896, printed 1896–1900

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage: 22 3/4 × 18 5/8 in. (57.8 × 47.3 cm)
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 23 1/2 in. (79.4 × 59.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Zilkha in honor of Harold Evans

Object number2017.442

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionMaurice Loewy and Pierre Henri Puiseux’s Atlas Photographique de la Lune (Photographic Atlas of the Moon) is among the 19th century’s most ambitious photographic projects. Loewy and Puiseux’s atlas took some 14 years of observation and more than 6,000 negatives to complete. The 70 photogravure plates are impressive for their scale and beauty, and they remained the most detailed mapping of the moon until the second half of the 20th century.
Provenance[Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, Pennsylvania]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum's Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 20–September 2, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed in black, recto, above image: Grand Equatorial Coudé // PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE // LALANDE _ COPERNIC _ KÉPLER // PL. XV // Observatoire de Paris
Printed in black, recto, below image: 1896 23 Avril 8h3 (t.m. Paris) // Agrandissement 9, 55 // Diametre Lunaire 1m 67 // PAR M. M. LŒWY ET PUISEUX // Héliog & Imp Fillon & Heuse

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: 13936 [dealer number]

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