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[Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Historic Print

[Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic print
[Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic print from the World's Fairs collection.

(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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This rare historic print captures [Pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists, Paris Exposition, 1889] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few of the buildings that went up for the 1889 Exposition universelle were devoted to a single art form, which makes this pavilion of the Society of French Pastel Artists unusual. The fair opened on the Champ de Mars in May 1889 to mark the centennial of the French Revolution, and it drew millions of visitors to its exhibition halls and temporary pavilions. Pastel, a drawing medium of powdered pigment pressed into paper, had a loyal following among French artists of the period, and the society used its own building to show work in that tradition. The albumen print, a process widely used in the 1880s, preserves the pavilion's architecture and the crowds around it.

Created / published[1889]
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183241

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