id:			85863
accession number:	2018.252
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.252
updated:		2020-06-10 09:00:04.738000

Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus, 1860s. Henri Béchard (French). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2018.252

title:				Karnak, Les Pylônes d'Horus
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creation date:			1860s
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
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culture:	French, 19th century
technique:	Albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Henri Béchard (French)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white in lower right corner of image: “H. Béchard”
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white in lower left corner of image: “No. 93 Karnak. Les Pylônes d’Horus.”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY
	date: May 2011
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	Tom E. Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM
	date: 2011-2018
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 4, 2018
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fun fact: 
Karnak is the second most visited tourist site in Egypt after the pyramids of Giza.

digital description: 
This desolate view of the remnants of the monumental gateway flanked by figures of the god Horus, usually depicted as a falcon-headed man, emphasizes the sense of discovery that must have been felt by tourists visiting Egypt in the 1860s. A tiny figure at the lower right testifies to the monumental scale of the ruins.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.252/2018.252_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.252/2018.252_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.252/2018.252_full.tif