id:			169297
accession number:	2011.172
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.172
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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
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creation date:			1896
creation date earliest:		1896
creation date latest:		1896
current location:		230 Photography
creditline:			Gift of Amy and Neil Viny
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	photogravure (heliogravure)
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Maurice Loewy (French, 1833–1907)  - artist

* Pierre Henri Puiseaux (French, 1855–1928)  - artist

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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.)
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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]"

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Photographs in Ink
	opening date:   2022-11-20T05:00:00
	<i>Photographs in Ink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frankel Gallery, San Francisco; Neil Viny; Cleveland Museum of Art
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Levy, Benjamin. “Photographs in Ink: The wonder of photomechanical processes.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 62, no. 3 (September 2022): 12-15.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 14.
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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