Gustave Le Gray
Brig upon the water (Brick Au Claire de Lune)
1856
Albumen silver print from two wet collodion on glass negatives Red signature stamp, recto, lower right corner
12 11/16 x 16 1/8 in.
Red signature stamp, recto, lower right corner
Illustrated:
Baldwin, Gordon, ed. Gustave Le Gray, exhibition brochure (Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988), cover.
Aubenas, Sylvie. Gordon Baldwin, ed. Gustave Le Gray, 1820-1884, (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002), pl. 128, 108 and 363.
Hellman, Karen, ed. Real/Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France, exhibition catalog (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016), pl. 118.
Jacobson, Ken, ed. The Lovely Sea-View: A Study of the Marine Photographs Published by Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858, pl. 2, p. 8
Sylvie Aubenas, ed. Gustave Le Gray 55, pp.84-85
Baldwin, Gordon ed. Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms, p.6
Novak, 19th-century French Master Photographers: Life into Art, p.51, pl.50.
