Chateau de Versailles 2 juli 1886 (från 800 m höjd)

by G Félix T Nadar

by Paul Nadar

Artist G Félix T Nadar (Frankrike, 1820 - 1910)

Artist Paul Nadar (Frankrike, 1856 - 1939)

Alternate Title

Slottet i Versailles 2 July, 1886
Palace of Versailles. 2 July, 1886. (From an altitude of 800 metres)

Date1886/ca 1935

MediumGelatinsilverfotografi från våtkollodienegativ monterat på kartong

DimensionsBildmått: 38,8 × 48,9 cm Pappersmått: 48,5 × 58 × 0,4 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 1965

Countries

Frankrike

Object NumberFM 1965 001 1052

CollectionsHelmer Bäckströms fotografisamling

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkWhen Félix Nadar began taking pictures of Paris from a balloon in 1856, this was an entirely new idea. Nadar, who was an inventor, writer and newly-fledged photographer, wanted to make history. He felt that the sublime views from a balloon deserved to be photographed and therefore created an aerial laboratory in the balloon gondola. Initially, he had developers and a darkroom in the actual gondola, but then went on to use a new method with glass plates. Today, in the age of aviation and drones, aerial motifs are not unusual, but they are still as fascinating. In the late 1800s, Nadar’s pictures provided breath-taking new perspectives on the city, with its gridwork of streets, lines and graphic patterns.
Description Versailles, Frankrike. Chateau de Versailles 2 juli 1886 (från 800 m höjd) Signatures, inscriptions and marks Fotografsignatur fram på kartongen, Text (ort, datum etc.) fram på kartongen, Fotografstämpel på baksidan Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Fynden från Vitön. Nils Strindbergs fotografier från Andrée-expeditionen (2000) Norrbottens länsmuseum, Luleå En annan historia: Skrivet i ljus (den 9 november 2011 - den 15 februari 2012) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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