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| Keywords: Auguste Hippolyte Collard - Pont du Point du Jour - Google Art Project.jpg The subject is the Viaduct of Auteuil an elaborate two-story 1 073-meter-long viaduct with 151 arches that spanned the distance between the town of Auteuil and the Point-du-Jour bridge outside Paris Although the absolute symmetry of the bridge and light posts is compelling and might have attracted another photographer Hippolyte-Auguste Collard made a less obvious choice positioning his camera at the end of the Point du Jour slightly off-center and toward the middle of the right pedestrian arcade This view establishes an unobstructed line of sight to a point in the far distance making the viaduct seem infinite The shadowy sweep of the bridge overhead fans out of the frame like a lopsided crown while a puddle of water just in front of the left pedestrian passageway whose arch bears the stains of seeping water suggests a more mundane problem threatening the impressive structure 1812 1897 1812 - 1885/1897 6801014 Auguste Hippolyte Collard French French 1812 - 1897 /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/pont-du-point-du-jour-auguste-hippolyte-collard-french-1812-18851897/6793098/ Auguste Hippolyte Collard French 1812 - 1885/1897 photographer /artist/auguste-hippolyte-collard/6791247/ 6791247 /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/11/2012 10 23 22 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/pont-du-point-du-jour-auguste-hippolyte-collard-french-1812-18851897/6793098/ 1863 1863/1866 Viaduct of Auteuil Albumen silver 252 6793098 True 1866 3/25/2012 7 23 28 AM lido getty edu-gm-obj50723 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 50723 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Print 1860 1870 Not on display w354 x h252 cm 1863/1866 False 1 41046831955923 Object pont-du-point-du-jour-auguste-hippolyte-collard-french-1812-18851897 Pont du Point du Jour p 354 Albumen silver Viaduct of Auteuil http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id zwG4isvS8oTjUw PD-100 Google Art Project works by Auguste Hippolyte Collard Photographs of Paris by Hippolyte-Auguste Collard Viaduc d'Auteuil Paris in the 1860s Photographs in the Getty Museum | ||||
