[Sculpture, Oedipe a Colone, exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Antique Print
![[Sculpture, Oedipe a Colone, exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5b/5b23c80b72c1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Sculpture, Oedipe a Colone, exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Sculpture, Oedipe a Colone, exhibited in Palace of Fine Arts, Paris Exposition, 1889]
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Sculpture of Oedipus at Colonus, shown in the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1889 Paris Exposition, draws on Sophocles' last play, in which the aged, blinded king reaches a sacred grove outside Athens and finds his peace before death. Sculptors of the period often treated that moment with pathos. The fair, held to mark the centennial of the French Revolution, filled the Champ de Mars with national industry and art, and the newly built Eiffel Tower rose above it. This albumen print, made on paper coated with egg white, records the work as visitors saw it in the fine arts galleries.
| Created / published | [1889] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Subjects | Exposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France) Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890. Sculpture--France--Paris--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,278 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185898 |
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