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Charles Soulier — Paris Fire (Place de Saint-Cloud), from the series "Paris Incendié"

Charles Soulier

Paris Fire (Place de Saint-Cloud), from the series "Paris Incendié"

1871

Rubble and devastation transform a once-elegant public space into a landscape of political tragedy, preserved through the documentary power of early photography.

Medium
Albumen print

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Charles Soulier, Paris Fire (Place de Saint-Cloud), from the series "Paris Incendié", 1871

Rubble and devastation transform a once-elegant public space into a landscape of political tragedy, preserved through the documentary power of early photography.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1871
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Dramatic, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, Historic, Photograph, Landscape, Urban, Black and White, 1870s

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art