An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris
1853 · Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (pale green) laid paper · Image: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 24.2 cm (8 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Meryon, An Arch of Pont Notre-Dame, Paris, 1853. Etching and drypoint on verdâtre (pale green) laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Bequest of Harold R. Warner
How to look at a Meryon
- Half-close your eyes until the lines vanish. Count the values that remain. Then open them and count the layers that made each one.
- Follow the eye level across the Apse print: the bridge, the quay and the figures all confirm it.
- Find the one place where the deepest black touches untouched paper. That is the focal point.
