Interior of Le Géant Inflating

1863

Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
French, 1820–1910

Status: On View, Gallery 1
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Title: Interior of Le Géant Inflating
Place: France (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1863
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, upper left, in white pencil: "Nadar"; recto, lower right, on mount, below image, in white ink: "Nadar"; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Image: 11 × 8.3 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Mount: 14.7 × 10.6 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Wirt D. Walker Endowment
Reference Number: 1989.586
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Distant Relations,” May 8–July 18, 1993. (David Travis)
Paris, France, Musee D’Orsay, “Nadar,” June 6–September 11, 1994; traveled to New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 3–July 9, 1995. (New York only?)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered,” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)

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