Paris Gate
Frank Wilcox · c. 1923 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This image may be set in the Zone, an area beyond Paris proper but within the city limits that was neglected between 1871 and 1929. While construction in the Zone was forbidden, migrant workers and travelers lived in the area, building houses and businesses. Here, Wilcox seems to have depicted a road leading through the Zone and into the city. Clearly, the area is not bustling: the street is blocked by an unloading cart in front of a building that emerges from the side of a hill. As late as the 1920s, travelers passed through physical gates set into a wall to enter Paris.
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Details
- Maker
- Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
- Date
- c. 1923
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 17.3 x 22.4 cm (6 13/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 27.8 cm (9 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- America
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
