Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006920Interior of Le Géant Inflating
by Nadar
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, upper left, in white pencil: "Nadar"; recto, lower right, on mount, below image, in white ink: "Nadar"; verso unchecked
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Distant Relations," May 8–July 18, 1993. (David Travis) Paris, France, Musee D'Orsay, "Nadar," June 6–September 11, 1994; traveled to New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 3–July 9, 1995. (New York only?) Art Institute of Chicago, "Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered," January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis) Art Institute of Chicago, "A Mind at Play," June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis) Art Institute of Chicago, "A Field Guide to Photography and Media," Nov. 10, 2022–Apr. 10, 2023.
Publications
Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., "The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media," eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 31, p. 57 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) / French, 1820–1910
- Date
- 1863, printed later
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 11 × 8.3 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Mount: 14.7 × 10.6 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Wirt D. Walker Endowment
- Accession no.
- 1989.586
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