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At the Creusot Works: The Smokestacks

Auguste Brouet, c. 1902–41

At the Creusot Works: The Smokestacks by Auguste Brouet
At the Creusot Works: The Smokestacks by Auguste Brouet, 32 cm × 22 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

32 cm × 22 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 22 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
22 cm
Width
32 cm
Medium
etching, roulette and aquatint
Kind
Print
Made in
France, 20th century
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Sheet: 21.9 x 32.4 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt

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

How big is it?
32 cm × 22 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1902–41. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt.
How was it made?
Etching, roulette and aquatint, made in France, 20th century, France, 20th century.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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