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The Salon of 1852

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The Salon of 1852

Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884)

Date:: 1852
Medium:: Salted paper print from waxed-paper negative
Dimensions:: Image: 24.1 x 37.9; Mount: 37.5 x 40.9
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mrs. Walter Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 2005
Accession Number:: 2005.100.311

This artwork is not on display

Description

Gustave Courbet's Young Women from the Village (40.175) is visible in Le Gray's view of the Salon of 1852.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Blindstamp, recto BR
Provenance

[François Braunschweig, Paris]; Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, December 3, 1978
Notes

For information on this image, refer to Sylvie Aubenas, Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884.
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