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)
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
Not on view
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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]
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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1894, printed 1894–1900
Photogravure
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Photogravure
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Screenprint in colors on paper, edition 31/300
2011.453.4
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Screenprint in colors on paper, edition 31/300
2011.453.7
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Screenprint in colors on paper, edition 31/300
2011.453.8