Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Elevation. (Theater at Moulins, Allier, France)

Attributed to Hippolyte-Louis Durand
1809-1881

Elevation. (Theater at Moulins, Allier, France)

16 x 23 5/8 inches (406 x 599 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; double framing line in pen and black ink.
1990.28:1

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Watermark: fragment of J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL.
This drawing belongs to a group of three sheets (Acc. No. 1990.28:2 and Acc. No. 1990.28:3) which were probably entries for the competition to design the theater at Moulins that was completed in 1853, and is attributed to Durand.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed variously in pen and black ink, at upper left, "VILLE DE MOULINS. / SALLE DE SPECTACLE"; at upper right, "ELEVATION / No 10"; inscribed on building, "DESCENTE A COUVERT"; stamped in blue ink at lower right, "Vu au Conseil / des Batiments Civils", and inscribed in pen and brown ink below this, "le 2 juin 1840"; inscribed at lower right, "La folie nous suit dans tous les temps de la vie".
Associated names
Blissett, David, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department