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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.
Saharan Dwelling, Biskra District, Algeria
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Saharan Dwelling, Biskra District, Algeria

Artist Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840 - 1887)
Artist Charles Jean Louis Courtry (French, 1846 - 1897)
Publisher A. Salmon
CultureFrench
Date1882
MediumEtching on Arches laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (20 × 23.3 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (28.9 × 42.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedInscribed on plate, upper center: "Salon de 1882." Signed within image, lower left: "G Guillaumet 82." Inscribed on plate below image, left: "Gustave Guillaumet, pinx." Inscribed on plate below image, right: "Charles Courtry, sculp." Title inscribed on plate, lower center: "Habitation Saharienne: Cercle de Biskra (Algérie)." Inscribed on plate, lower left: "L'Art." Inscribed on plate, lower right: "Imp. A. Salmon."
MarkingsIt was printed on Arches laid paper, and a Partial Arches paper watermark is visible.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2015.15
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an etched reproduction of the painting in the CMA collection (71.655) which made its debut at the Paris Salon of 1882. A critical review of the work and this reproduction was printed in the journal L’ Art.
ProvenanceEarly provenance unknown. Purchased from eBay dealer Martin2001 by Chrysler Museum of Art, September 23, 2015.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Gustave Achille Guillaumet
1882
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Mary Cassatt
ca. 1894
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Joseph Pennell
1894
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Janet Scudder
1911
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.
Gustave Doré
ca. 1869
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
Jean Achille Benouville
1836
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2024.
Achille Léon Quinet
ca. 1875
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2023.
Achille Léon Quinet
c. 1870
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2023.
Achille Léon Quinet
c. 1870
Coin
Unknown
13th-14th century