The Seine Floodwaters at the Quai De Billy, Paris, (Crue de la Seine. Quai Debilly, Paris
Artist
Préfecture de Police de Paris, Service de l'Identité Judiciaire
(French, active 1870 - 1900)
CultureFrench
DateJanuary 1910
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 7/16 × 11 13/16 in. (24 × 30 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 × 3.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 × 3.2 cm)
InscribedNone
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2015.13.4
On View
Not on viewProvenanceEstates of photography dealers Hugues Autexier and Francois Braunschweig (both deceased in 1986), former proprietors of Galerie Texbraun, a prominent Paris gallery of early French photography. Acquired at Paris auction in a group of about 30 "Crue de la Seine" photographs by Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc. Purchased from Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., by Chrysler Museum of Art, September 2015.
Préfecture de Police de Paris, Service de l'Identité Judiciaire
July 1910
Charles Marville (Charles François Bossu)
ca. 1865-68
Berenice Abbott
December 8, 1936