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Charles Marville — La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris
Charles Marville

La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris

1864

Urban archaeology unfolds as Marville documents the demolition of historic commercial buildings during Haussmann's renovation of Paris. His photographs preserve the texture and character of neighborhoods lost to modernization.

Medium
albumen print from collodion negative

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Charles Marville, La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris, 1864

Urban archaeology unfolds as Marville documents the demolition of historic commercial buildings during Haussmann's renovation of Paris. His photographs preserve the texture and character of neighborhoods lost to modernization.

Medium
albumen print from collodion negative
Year
1864
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Paris, Historical, Urban Landscape, Architecture

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art