Modern · Art Institute of Chicago · 74015
Study for Share Certificates in a Fraudulent Franco-Californian Company, No. 1
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868, 1855
Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Howard Mansfield · Public domain
- Artist
- Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- Gillotage in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Block: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 21.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Era
- Modern
Why it matters
Study for Share Certificates in a Fraudulent Franco-Californian Company, No. 1, dated 1855, is catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago as a work in Gillotage in black on ivory wove paper. The museum attributes the work to Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868. The recorded dimensions are Image: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Block: 16.6 × 14 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 21.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.