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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Ornamental sculpture (Sculpture ornementale), from Charles Garnier, Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Ornamental sculpture (Sculpture ornementale), from Charles Garnier, Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris

Artist Delmaet et Durandelle (French, 1862 - 1890)
Artist Louis-Emile Durandelle (French, 1839-1917)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1864-68
MediumAlbumen print from collodion negative
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 5/16 × 10 3/4 in. (21.1 × 27.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 17 5/8 × 23 3/4 in. (44.8 × 60.3 cm)
Overall, Mat (remat needed): 24 1/16 × 28 1/16 in. (61.1 × 71.3 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 23 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (59.7 × 74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Isaacs in memory of Alice R. Frank
Object number95.35.1
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228
DescriptionThis photograph is from a series of the construction of the Paris Opera House.

Label TextLouis-Émile Durandelle French, 1839–1917 Ornemental sculpture, ca. 1864–68, from the book Charles Garnier, Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris (Paris, 1876) Albumen print from collodion negative Gift of Charles Isaacs, in memory of Alice R. Frank 95.35.1 Exhibition History"New Frames of Reference: Early French Photographers at Home and Abroad," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, gallery 228, September 5, 2024 - February 16, 2025.
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