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Alphonse Legros — The Old Stone Quarries of Montrouge
Alphonse Legros

The Old Stone Quarries of Montrouge

1857

Industrial archaeology becomes art as Legros documents the abandoned quarries that supplied stone for Paris, transforming utilitarian excavation into a romantic ruin.

Medium
drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, The Old Stone Quarries of Montrouge, 1857

Industrial archaeology becomes art as Legros documents the abandoned quarries that supplied stone for Paris, transforming utilitarian excavation into a romantic ruin.

Medium
drypoint
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, French, Atmospheric, 19th Century, Landscape, Romanticism, Quarry, Earth Tones, Drypoint

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago