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Halles Centrales, A Paris Poitevin, Alphonse (French, 1822-1912)

Title
Halles Centrales, A Paris
Artist
Poitevin, Alphonse (French, 1822-1912)Key Figure
Publication
Revue Genérale de L'Architecture
Date
1856
Process
Photolithograph (Poitevin process)
Atelier
Poitevin
Image Size
17 x 24 cm

This early published example of Poitevin’s photolithography process appeared in the 1856 publication, Revue Genérale de L’Architecture.

Reproduced / Exhibited

Frizot, Michael. New History of Photography. Place of publication not identified: Pajerski, 1999. Print P. 200.

Hanson, David A. Checklist of Photomechanical Processes and Printing, 1825-1910. , 2017. p. 109.

Nouvelle de l’estampe, Revue du Comite national de la Gravure francaise, no. 108, Decembre, 1989, pg 19

Robert A. Sobieszek, This Edifice Is Colossal, George Eastman House, Rochester, 1987, fig 104

David Hanson, Checklist of Photomechanical Processes and Printing 1825-1910, 2017, pg 109