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Solar Effect in the Clouds-Ocean

A work made of albumen print, from the album "vistas del mar".
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  • A work made of albumen print, from the album "vistas del mar".

Date:

1856/57

Artist:

Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820–1884

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Gustave Le Gray

Title

Solar Effect in the Clouds-Ocean

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1856–1857

Medium

Albumen print, from the album "Vistas del Mar"

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, on image, in red pencil [?]: "Gustave Le Gray"; blind stamped recto, on album page, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / GUSTAVE LE GRAY & C / PARIS"; inscribed recto, on album page, lower left, in brown ink: "[illegible/cut off]"; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image/paper: 31.1 × 39.7 cm (12 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.); Album page: 50.8 × 64.3 cm (20 × 25 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Hugh Edwards Fund

Reference Number

1971.577.14

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