La Belle Jardinère: le magasin de la rue de la Cité pendant sa demolition, Paris
Medium
albumen print from collodion negative
Dimensions
22.9 × 34.6 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
Accession Number
2021.64
Tags
male
About this artwork
In the 1850s and 1860s, Paris was transformed through a massive urban renewal program. Charles Marville photographed the demolition of the old Paris and the modern structures that replaced it. Here the old buildings of La Belle Jardinère, one of the first department stores in Paris, are being torn down to make way for a new hospital.