Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: From Behind Frémiet's Elk (Trocadero) (1902): Art, History and Details

Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: From Behind Frémiet's Elk (Trocadero) (1902) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri Rivière (French, 1864–1951); Printed by Verneau.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This view of Trocadero Park features one of the sculptures that surrounded a large basin that collected water from a large cascade. The sculpture of an elk stuggling with a boa constrictor was made only of plaster and was almost completely destroyed by 1910. The sculptor, Emmanuel Frémiet, studied animals at the botanical gardens in Paris, which exhibited both flora and fauna.

Object facts

• Title: Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: From Behind Frémiet's Elk (Trocadero)
• Date: 1902
• Creator attribution: Henri Rivière (French, 1864–1951); Printed by Verneau
• Culture: France, early 20th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph
• Dimensions: Sheet: 27 x 22.2 cm (10 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Image: 21.1 x 17 cm (8 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2003.392

Collection credit

Gift of John Bonebrake

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