A black and white photograph of Hector Guimard working at a drafting table in his studio. He is in the center of the image facing large windows to the left which let in daylight to illuminate the scene. There is an art nouveau fireplace with mantle that extends into shelves above the fireplace and a doorframe behind Guimard. There is light blue hand colored details in the fireplace, mantle and doorframe. A white bust of a woman sits on the mantel next to a vase with flowers and smaller figurative statues, a larger statue stands above to the right one of the mantle shelves. There is a landscape scene within the frame of the mantel shelves with light blue hand coloring. Art nouveau detailed molding is at the top of the wall above the doorframe and mantel. Through the doorframe is a large vase on a pedestal with flowers hand colored light blue. A line of deterioration that appears to be from being folded starts at Guimard’s back and continues slightly upward to the right edge of the images.

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Object Timeline

1903	Work on this object began.
1958	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2022	We exhibited this object.
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Postcard, Cabinet de travail de M. Guimard (Mr. Guimard's Study), no. 10 from Le Style Guimard

This is a Postcard. It was subject: Hector Guimard. It is dated 1903 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is photographic print on paper, hand-colored with brush and watercolor. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Madame Pejol.

Its dimensions are

8.9 × 13.9 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in rust colored ink, upper left: Le Style Guimard/Le cabinet du travail de Hector Guimard.

Cite this object as

Postcard, Cabinet de travail de M. Guimard (Mr. Guimard's Study), no. 10 from Le Style Guimard; Subject: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); France; photographic print on paper, hand-colored with brush and watercolor; 8.9 × 13.9 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Gift of Madame Pejol; 1958-84-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hector Guimard.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CqGP/
Accession Number 1958-84-1
Object ID 18423631