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Atlas Photographique de la Lune, Moon's Surface by Loewy, 1899

Creator: Moritz Loewy
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
Héliogravure after photographs by Loewy and Puiseux depicting the Moon’s surface, from Atlas Photographique de la Lune.
Framed and glazed, overall size: 67cm x 86.2 cm.

The finest and most meticulous images of the moon until the 1970’s.

The Atlas photographique de la lune was the ultimate achievement of nineteenth-century astronomical photography and can be regarded, along with Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion (1887) and Edward S. Curtis’ The North American Indian (1907-30), as one of the great publishing ventures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Indeed it was not until the 1970’s when Bernard Lyot at the Pic du Midi Observatory obtained results that were clearly better than those of Loewy and Puisseaux. As with all books published in fascicles, complete copies are rare and the individual plates, amongst the largest and finest ever made, are prized by collectors for their sheer aesthetic beauty

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	France
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	photogravure
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1899
Styles / Movements:	Art Nouveau, Modern
Dealer Reference #:	101436
Incollect Reference #:	353398

Dimensions

W.	26.38 in;	H.	33.94 in;
W.	67 cm;	H.	86.2 cm;

Message from Seller:

Shapero Gallery Located in the heart of Mayfair, London, Shapero Gallery specializes in prints and original works on paper, ranging from antique prints to modern pochoir plates and photography. For inquiries, contact us at +44.207.493.0876 or gallery@shapero.com.