Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2024.

Central Marketplace in Paris, view of the southwest pavilion during construction (Halles Centrales à Paris, Vue du Pavillon Sud-Ouest pendant le Montage), from Revue générale de l’Architecture et des Travaux Publics

Printer Alphonse Poitevin (French, 1819 - 1882)

CultureFrench

Date1856

Mediumphotolithograph

Dimensions10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27 × 34 cm)

InscribedFront of the images contains various inscriptions. Moving from top to bottom, left to right, they read: "Revue Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Pulics-8, Place St. Michel, Paris / Dirigé par Mr. CÉSAR DALY, Architecte. / (XVI). ANNÉE DE LA FONDATION) / Année 1855/ Pl. 41/ HALLES CENTRALES A PARIS, / VUE DU PAVILLON SUD-OUEST PENDANT LE MONTAGE"

PortfolioRevue générale de l’Architecture et des Travaux Publics,

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2024.19

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228

DescriptionImage shows the construction of the iron structure that housed the main market in Paris.
Label TextUnknown photographer French, active 1850s Alphonse Louis Poitevin, printer and publisher French, 1819–1882 Central Marketplace in Paris, view of the southwest pavilion during construction (Halles Centrales à Paris, Vue du Pavillon Sud-Ouest pendant le Montage), ca. 1855, from the journal Revue générale de l’Architecture et des Travaux Publics, 1856, plate 41 Photo lithograph In nearly continuous operation since the tenth century, Les Halles was the main food and grain marketplace in central Paris. Napoléon III identified Les Halles as a showpiece for urban renewal and ordered a new building. Built between 1853 and 1857, a series of trellised iron and glass pavilions opened the market up to light and air, to great visual effect. This view, an early experiment in the practicality of photomechanical reproduction, was published in an architectural journal using a lithographic process developed by the photographic innovator Alphonse Poitevin. Museum purchase 2024.19 ProvenanceGalerie Lumiere Des Roses, 12-14 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Paris, France to Chrysler Museum of Art.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.