About the Artwork
La morgue, Paris
1854
Charles Meryon (Artist) French, 1821-1868 Charles Meryon (Printer) French, 1821-1868
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 9 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches (23.2 × 20.6 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (25.1 × 24.4 cm)
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Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith
62.62
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Stamp, verso: shape of pentagon, A. E. Scholle (Lugt Suppl. 2923a)
Provenance
MacGeorge
Albert W. Scholle, NY
November 6, 1951, E. A. Seasongood (sale, Parke-Bernet, #194). 1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Charles Meryon, La morgue, Paris, 1854, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith, 62.62.
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