Démolitions pour le Percement du Boulevard Saint-Germain by Lalanne, Maxime (1827 - 1886)
Etching, nice impression of the first published state, Villet 2 iv/ix, with large margins. Villet 2 iv/ix, Béraldi 4, B. N. Inv. 4.;Béraldi 4;B. N. Inv. 4; Lalanne 2; “Fine impression on laid paper with full, very large margins, the first edition, as published by the Societé des Aquafortistes. Some of the extent of Baron Haussmann’s demolition and rebuilding of Paris is evident in this print, which looks through a cluster of old houses toward the dome of the Panthéon. There is neither anguish nor joy in the scene, for it was Lalanne’s purpose to present it – with the utmost artistry – simply as it was. He could not, however, resist a touch of humor, for clinging to one of the partially demolished walls in the mid-ground are posters for his printer Delâtre and his publishers Cadart et Chevalier. Another impression in web exhbition: Last Time I Saw Paris.” Goodfriend
 
Matted, Image size: 13.3in x 10in (33.7 x 25.4cm). 
Overall size 22in x 18in (55.9 x 45.7cm).
Made in: France, 1863 
Art-In-Industry collection number pp_425