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Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau

A work made of albumen print.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of albumen print.

Date:

c. 1856

Artist:

Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820–1884

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Gustave Le Gray

Title

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1851–1861

Medium

Albumen print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, on image, in red ink: "Gustave Le Gray"; blind stamped recto, on mount, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / GUSTAVE LE GRAY / PARIS [in oval formation]"; inscribed recto, on mount, lower left, in brown ink: "22049"; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image/paper: 31.8 × 41.6 cm (12 9/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Mount: 53.2 × 71.1 cm (21 × 28 in.)

Credit Line

Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Samuel P. Avery, Wentworth G. Field Memorial, Maurice D. Galleher, General Acquisitions, and Laura T. Magnuson endowments

Reference Number

1987.54

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