id: 169297 accession number: 2011.172 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.172 updated: Photographie Lunaire: Copernic-Képler-Aristarique, 1896. Maurice Loewy (French, 1833–1907), Pierre Henri Puiseaux (French, 1855–1928). Photogravure (heliogravure); sheet: 57 x 47.7 cm (22 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.); framed: 88.6 x 77.3 x 2.6 cm (34 7/8 x 30 7/16 x 1 in.); matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amy and Neil Viny 2011.172 title: Photographie Lunaire: Copernic-Képler-Aristarique title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1896 creation date earliest: 1896 creation date latest: 1896 current location: 230 Photography creditline: Gift of Amy and Neil Viny copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: photogravure (heliogravure) department: Photography collection: PH - French 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Maurice Loewy (French, 1833–1907) - artist * Pierre Henri Puiseaux (French, 1855–1928) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 57 x 47.7 cm (22 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Framed: 88.6 x 77.3 x 2.6 cm (34 7/8 x 30 7/16 x 1 in.); Matted: 86.4 x 76.2 cm (34 x 30 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Imprinted in black type on recto of photo paper: "Grand Equatorial Coude" Imprinted in black type on recto of photo paper: "1896. 29 Septembre 16 h O.tin.Paris Agrandissement 8.75 Diametre Lunaire 1 m 43" Imprinted in black type along each edge: "1-9" Imprinted in black type on gallery label on verso: "Fraenkel Gallery/49 GEARY STREET SAN FRANCISCO 94108/FURTHERMORE/[30TH Anniversary Exhibition]/Fraenkel Gallery/April 22-June 26, 2010" Imprinted in black type on gallery label on verso: "Fraenkel Gallery/49 GEARY STREET SAN FRANCISCO 94108/LOEWY & PUISEUX/Photographie Lunaire: Copernie-Kepler-/Aristarique, Septembre 29, 1896 heliogravure/22-1/2 x 18-3/4 inches (image)/29-1/2 x 22 inches (sheet)/Plate XVI/[LP.0302.Z]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Photographs in Ink opening date: 2022-11-20T05:00:00 Photographs in Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Frankel Gallery, San Francisco; Neil Viny; Cleveland Museum of Art date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This plate is from a deluxe 12-volume atlas of the moon created by astronomers Maurice Loewy and Pierre Henri Puiseaux. The atlas remained the most accurate reference of the moon’s surface until the age of space travel. The duo captured thousands of images at the Paris Observatory through a telescope that Loewy invented. It was equipped with a mechanism that tracked the moon’s movements during the exposures. Given weather conditions, they were only able to photograph 50 to 60 nights per year; the project thus took 15 years to complete and contained nearly 100 large-scale photogravures. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Levy, Benjamin. “Photographs in Ink: The wonder of photomechanical processes.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 62, no. 3 (September 2022): 12-15. page number: Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 14. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.172/2011.172_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.172/2011.172_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.172/2011.172_full.tif