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Façade Alsacienne, Corps de Garde à Colmar

c. 1870s

Adolphe Braun

(French, 1812–1877)
Culture
France
Medium
mammoth untrimmed carbon print
Measurements
Image: 43.8 x 37.5 cm (17 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.); Paper: 46.7 x 40.1 cm (18 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2021.63
Public Domain
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Not on view
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Did You Know?

The loggia above the door, now enclosed, was once used for magistrates to publicly pronounce guilty verdicts.

Description

This German Renaissance structure was built in 1575 to be the town hall of Colmar but ended up becoming a guard house. Adolph Braun lived in another town in the same province, Alsace, and produced an extensive series of views of monuments and landscapes of the region. He marketed the images not just locally but throughout Europe and North America.
A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts a weathered building facade. Fine strokes define the tiled roof above a projecting window filled with greenery. To the right, block letters identify the "BUREAU DES LOGEMENTS MILITAIRES" above a door. Irregular edges frame the composition, while layered paper fliers and a wooden bench anchor the left side. Dense specks texture the foreground cobblestones, guiding the eye toward the shadowed, arched entrance.

Façade Alsacienne, Corps de Garde à Colmar

c. 1870s

Adolphe Braun

(French, 1812–1877)
France

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