id:			162086
accession number:	2001.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.4
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:43.320000

House in Pau, 1854. W.H.G. (French). Salted paper print from a paper negative; image: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.); mounted: 47.5 x 59.6 cm (18 11/16 x 23 7/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2001.4

title:				House in Pau
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creation date:			1854
creation date earliest:		1854
creation date latest:		1854
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
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culture:	France(?), 19th century
technique:	salted paper print from a paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* W.H.G. (French)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.); Mounted: 47.5 x 59.6 cm (18 11/16 x 23 7/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in negative, signed and dated: "WHG/ 1854"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
This large, richly toned print is an exceptional example of the artistic and technical abilities of an early amateur photographer, possibly French in nationality, known only as W.H.G. In 1854 this mysterious photographer worked for a limited time in Pau and the surrounding regions of the Pyrenees. Most of his or her 24 known compositions are architectural details or buildings sited in the landscape. In this example, instead of a traditional frontal view, the massive shape of the stately townhouse was documented at an oblique angle, which accentuates its volume and emphasizes the negative space created by the steep roofline against the sky. Yet the photographer also captured delicate details, like the patterns of shadow cast by the open shutters against the building's walls. Clearly, W.H.G. understood the possibilities of the waxed paper negative, with its ability to render broad areas of light and shade, to suggest detail and texture, and to allow the viewer's imagination to complete the picture.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” April 4, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4381

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.4/2001.4_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.4/2001.4_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.4/2001.4_full.tif