2010.538.8: On the Seine - Near Paris
PhotographsA black-and-white photograph portrays a large pack of goats laying down on a tree lined, dirt path near the edge of the Seine river. A paved road runs parallel to the dirt path. In the distance is a small boat with smoke plumes coming out of the exhaust. Two small, empty, row boats float in the Seine close to the bank.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2010.538.8
- People
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Alfred Stieglitz, American (Hoboken, N.J., USA 1864 - 1946 New York, N.Y., USA)
- Title
- On the Seine - Near Paris
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1897
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336787
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Photogravure
- Dimensions
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16.8 x 26.7 cm (6 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.8 cm (15 15/16 x 20 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, t.r., in graphite: Z1627
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
- Accession Year
- 2010
- Object Number
- 2010.538.8
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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