Colonne-affiches pour les Théâtres, menuiserie, fonte et zinc (Cie Morris) (Poster Column for Theatres, Housewares, Iron, and Zinc [Morris Company])
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.One of the emblems of Haussmann’s Paris, cylindrical kiosks were part of a broader impetus to define and control the proliferation
of printed advertising that had transformed the city, in the words of one writer, into “an immense wall of posters scattered from the chimneys down to the sidewalks with clusters of squares of paper of all colors and formats.”
of printed advertising that had transformed the city, in the words of one writer, into “an immense wall of posters scattered from the chimneys down to the sidewalks with clusters of squares of paper of all colors and formats.”
Artwork Details
- Title: Colonne-affiches pour les Théâtres, menuiserie, fonte et zinc (Cie Morris) (Poster Column for Theatres, Housewares, Iron, and Zinc [Morris Company])
- Artist: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
- Date: January 1876
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: overall: 36 x 26.8 cm (14 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.) mount: 63 x 45 cm (24 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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