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The Pont d'Alma at Twilight

Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir, c.1914

The Pont d'Alma at Twilight by Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir
The Pont d'Alma at Twilight by Luigi Aloys François Joseph Loir, 66 cm × 43 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

66 cm × 43 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 43 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
43 cm
Width
66 cm
Medium
watercolor and gouache, with abrading and scraping, pen and black ink, with touches of graphite on pale gray, multi-color fiber, wove paper; laid down
Kind
Drawing
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of Dian Woodner

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
66 cm × 43 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c.1914. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of Dian Woodner.
How was it made?
Watercolor and gouache, with abrading and scraping, pen and black ink, with touches of graphite on pale gray, multi-color fiber, wove paper; laid down.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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