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Rue Neuve-Coquenard (from the Rue Lamartine)
1870 · Albumen silver print
32.6 x 27 cm (12 13/16 x 10 5/8 in. )
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Charles Marville
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PrintmakingPhotography
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None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
69
Works in Collection
86
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From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984–1985
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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945
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Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
About
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Charles Marville was a French photographer and printmaker active in the mid-nineteenth century, known for his documentary photographs of Paris during the Second Empire and the city's transformation under Haussmann's urban renewal. Working primarily in albumen print and etching, he created extensive visual records of Parisian streets, monuments, and architecture that serve as invaluable historical documentation of the period. His work bridged the technical development of early photography with the traditions of architectural and topographical printmaking.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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