Le Gray, Gustave
French (1820-1882)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: The Great Wave, Sète

ca. 1857
albumen print
34.8 x 41.5 cm.
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company: ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
GEH NEG: 2755
82:1589:0001

OLD GEH NUMBER: EHPC 403
NON-GEH NUMBER: 5012

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. pg. 85.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 349.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Roots of French Photography", US, NY, New York, Museum of Modern Art, November 30, 1949 - January 15, 1950.//
""Permanent" Survey of the History of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Second Floor Galleries, 1974-1978, 1974.//
"Composite Imagery 1850-1935 - The Early History of Photomontage", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, October 27, 1978 - February 18, 1979.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(signed in image, lower right, in red) "Gustave Le Gray" (blindstamp below image) "Gustave Le Gray a Paris" "Photographe De L'Empereur" (upper left, in pencil) "1563-10...-G. Le Gray photograph de l'Empereur"

NOTES: Cataloged Fall 1982, updated 3/85, KC, updated 11/90, MMC.

SUBJECT: seascape