Henri Rivière, Georges Auriol, and others
Les Trente-six vues de la Tour Eiffel
1887
Scroll
- Artist: Henri Rivière
- Designer: Georges Auriol
- Author (Prologue): Arsène Alexandre
- Printer/Publisher: Eugène Verneau
Les Trente-six vues de la Tour Eiffel
1887
Physical Qualities
Bound volume of color lithographs and text, Book: 232 × 293 × 20 mm. (9 1/8 × 11 9/16 × 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 270 x 225 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Louis Berman, Glyndon, Maryland
Object Number
2001.290
36 original color lithographs, bound in hardcover. Auriol created the book design, embossed cover, slip case (box), and lettering for Rivière's book. Titles for the 36 plates are located in the back of the book. Rivière commissioned the prologue written by Arsène Alexandre.
Susan Schulman, New York
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004. ["The Tower under Construction, View from the Trocadéro," color tusche lithograph]
BMA, "New on View," June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004. ["The Tower under Construction, View from the Trocadéro," color tusche lithograph]
BMA, "New on View," June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.
Jay Fisher, 'New Acquisition: Rivière's Views of the Eiffel Tower on display in New On View,' BMA Today, May/June 2002, p. 7.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Signed: 3
Inscribed: PAGE FOUR: C: 'LES, TRENTE-SIX VUES DE LA TOUR EIFFEL'; RECTO PAGE FIVE: C: 'LES/ TRENTE-SIX VUES/DE LA /TOUR EIFFEL/PAR/ HENRI RIVIERE/ Prologue d'Arsene Alexandre/ [monogram with iris in circle]/ Imprimerie/ EUGENE VERNEAU/ 108, rue de la Folie Mericourt/ Paris 1888-1902'; VERSO PAGE FIVE: 'Exemplaire no. 52/ [mongram HR] [artist signature] 'Henri Riviere'
