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Robert Polidori — Salle du Maroc, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Chateau de Versailles
Robert Polidori

Salle du Maroc, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Chateau de Versailles

Robert Polidori's large-scale chromogenic print captures the opulent Salle du Maroc within the North Wing of the Palace of Versailles, rendered in his characteristically meticulous and saturated photographic style. The image invites the viewer into a frozen moment of grandeur, where gilded architectural details, ornate furnishings, and layered history converge in an atmosphere of both splendor and quietude. Polidori's lens transforms the empty state room into a meditation on time, memory, and the weight of institutional magnificence.

Medium
Chromogenic print, printed later.

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May 21, 2015

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Robert Polidori, Salle du Maroc, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Chateau de Versailles

Robert Polidori's large-scale chromogenic print captures the opulent Salle du Maroc within the North Wing of the Palace of Versailles, rendered in his characteristically meticulous and saturated photographic style. The image invites the viewer into a frozen moment of grandeur, where gilded architectural details, ornate furnishings, and layered history converge in an atmosphere of both splendor and quietude. Polidori's lens transforms the empty state room into a meditation on time, memory, and the weight of institutional magnificence.

Medium
Chromogenic print, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Gold, French, Serene, Ornate, Documentary, Photograph, Chromogenic Print, Palace Interior, Architecture, Contemporary

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