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Auguste Salzmann
Jerusalem - Enceinte Du Templecirca 1856, printed circa1856

On view: David Geffen GalleriesExcavations: Photographs of Mediterranean Lands
Early sepia-toned photograph of Jerusalem, with a large domed structure and minaret rising above massive stone walls, dense stone city extending across the horizon

Auguste Salzmann, Jerusalem - Enceinte Du Temple, circa 1856, printed circa1856, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Auguste Salzmann
Title
Jerusalem - Enceinte Du Temple
Place Made
Israel
Date Made
circa 1856, printed circa1856
Medium
Salt print
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (23.2 × 32.8 cm) Primary support: 9 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (23.2 × 32.8 cm) Secondary support: 16 1/8 × 23 1/16 in. (41 × 58.5 cm) Mat: 7 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (20 × 24 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1755
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.