Checklist of Works

Unless otherwise noted, all objects are from the collections of the Getty Research Institute.

Production and Framing
Recycling, Reconstruction, Preservation
Loss, Recuperation, Identity
Banners

Production and Framing

Anonymous
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
circa 1860s
Albumen print
96.R.34

Roger Fenton
British, 1819-1869
Tintern Abbey, England
circa late 1850s-1862
Albumen print
96.R.34

Francis Frith
English, 1822-1898
Fountains Abbey, England
circa 1859
Albumen print
96.R.32

Frederick MacKenzie
British, 1788(?)-1854
Theater at Patara, Turkey
circa 1840
Drawing, ink and wash, after a sketch by William Gell
840199*

Frederick MacKenzie
British, 1788(?)-1854
Propylon at Patara, Turkey
circa 1840
Drawing, ink and wash, after a sketch by William Gell
840199*

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
Ruins of an ancient tomb and aqueduct
circa 1740s
Etching
900153B*

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
Sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa
circa 1740s
Etching
900153B*

René Jacques Charpentier
French, 1733-1770
Ruins of classical architecture and tomb
Engraving
Jacques-François Blondel, Livre nouveau; ou, Règles des cinq ordres d'architecture
Paris: Chés Petit, 1767
93-B6777

Georges-Louis Le Rouge
French, active late eighteenth century
Cross section of column house
Engraving
Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode
Paris: Chez Le Rouge, circa 1776-1787
88-B1922

Georges-Louis Le Rouge
French, active late eighteenth century
Column house, artificial ruin in the Désert de Retz, France
Engraving
Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode
Paris: Chez Le Rouge, circa 1776-1787
88-B1922

Marco Sadeler
German, active early seventeenth century
Interior of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome
Engraving
Aegidius Sadeler, Vestigi delle antichità di Roma Tivoli Pozzuolo et altri luochi
Rome: Gio. Iacomo de Rossi, 1660
85-B14694

Anonymous
Imaginary ruins with arcade
Woodcut
Sebastiano Serlio, Tutte l'opere d'architettura
Venice: Francesco Marcolino da Forli, 1540
85-B6491

Anonymous
Roman ruins at Mainz, Germany
Woodcut
Johann Huttich, Collectanea antiquitatum in urbe atque agro Moguntino repertarum
Mainz: Ioannis Schoeffer, 1525
85-B26875

Charles Estienne
French, 1504(?)-1564
Anatomical inset, corpse resting on ruins
Woodcut
De dissectione partium corporis humani
Paris: Apud Simonem Colinæum, 1545
84-B31171

Recycling, Reconstruction, Preservation

Anne and Patrick Poirier
French, 1941-, 1942-
Mnémosyne: Les archives de l'archéologue,
1991
Sycamore wood, stone, glass, paper, books, and mixed media
Courtesy Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Joseph Michael Gandy
English, 1771-1843
The Persian Porch and the Place of Consultation of the Lacedemonians
circa 1816
Watercolor and gouache over pen and pencil, on paper
910072*

Alphonse Liebert
French, 1827-1914
Interior court of burned Hôtel de Ville, Paris
1871
Albumen print
93.R.121*

Bruno Braquehais
French, 1823-1875
Ruins of Tuileries Palace, Paris
1871
Albumen print
95.R.102

Bruno Braquehais
French, 1823-1875
Demolition of Vendôme Column, Paris
1871
Albumen print
95.R.102

Anonymous
Hellenicorama or Grecian Views
Cards used for practice of watercolor technique
Aquatint prints, hand colored
London: J. Burgis, circa 1800-1825
94.R.57

Martin Engelbrecht
German, 1684-1756
Perspective view of a city during an earthquake
Set of seven etchings, hand colored
Præsentation eines Erdbebens
Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, late 1750s
96.R.39

Nicolas Béatrizet
French, active 1540-1565
The Colonna Sancta at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Engraving
Speculum romanae magnificentiae
Rome: Antoine Lafréry et al., 1544(?)-1602
91-F104

Nicolas Béatrizet (?)
French, active 1540-1565
"Pasquino" sculpture in Rome
Engraving
Speculum romanae magnificentiae
Rome : Antoine Lafréry et al., 1544(?)-1602
91-F104

Anonymous
Excavation of architectural fragments in a classical landscape
Engraved frontispiece
Anne-Claude-Philippe, Comte de Caylus
Recueil d'antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques et romaines
Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1752-1767
92-B25956

Charles-Louis Clérisseau
French, 1721-1820
Interior of Roman baths and statue of Hygeia at Nîmes, France
Engraving
Antiquités de la France
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné 1804
88-B 2179

Charles-Louis Clérisseau
French, 1721-1820
Interior of the Temple of Diana at Nîmes, France
Engraving
Antiquités de la France
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné 1804
88-B2179

Giovanni Montiroli
Italian, 1807-1879
Finds from excavations in the area of the Tomb of the Baker, Rome
Watercolor
Giuseppe De Fabris
Porta Gregoriana al Monumento dell'Acqua Claudia . . .
Rome: n.p., 1840
900013*

Giovanni Montiroli
Italian, 1807-1879
Views of the Porta Maggiore and the Tomb of the Baker, Rome
Watercolor
Giuseppe De Fabris
Porta Gregoriana al Monumento dell'Acqua Claudia . . .
Rome: n.p., 1840
900013*

Various makers
Disaster postcards, including scenes of destruction caused by the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco and the 1933 earthquake in Long Beach
89.R.46

a. Tivoli Opera House and other San Francisco buildings
b. "Greater than Ever, The New Frisco"
c. St. Francis Hotel and Congregational Church, San Francisco
d. Market Street and City Hall, San Francisco
e. Kearney Street looking south toward the Call Building and Palace Hotel, San Francisco
f. Huntington Park High School, Long Beach
g. Ruins of neoclassical pavilion
h. "Window Display of Statuary," Compton
i. Ruins of the Los Angeles Times Building, Los Angeles
j. "Making Sound Movies," Compton

Loss, Recuperation, Identity
Urbain Basset
French, 1842-1924
Buddhist sculpture in storage area at Angkor, Cambodia
circa 1896
Albumen print
96.R.127

Urbain Basset
French, 1842-1924
Monument at Angkor, Cambodia, with French expedition members
circa 1896
Albumen print
96.R.127

Urbain Basset
French, 1842-1924
Buddhist sculpture in storage area at Angkor, Cambodia
circa 1896
Albumen print
96.R.127

Urbain Basset
French, 1842-1924
Exterior view of a building at Angkor, Cambodia
circa 1896
Albumen print
96.R.127

Thomas Daniell
English, 1749-1840
Kailasa Temple at Ellora, India
1790s
Aquatint print after a drawing by James Wales
Hindoo Excavations in the Mountain of Ellora; near Aurungabad, in the Decan, in Twenty-Four Views
London: T. Daniell, 1803
89-B11520

W. H. L. Skeen & Co.
British, active 1870s-1890s
Thuparama Dagäba, Sri Lanka
late nineteenth century
Albumen print
96.R.52

Félix Bonfils
French, 1829-1885
Gateway to the Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon
early 1870s
Albumen print
Souvenirs d'Orient
Alais: Félix Bonfils, 1877
J. Paul Getty Museum: 84.XO.1167.38

Austin Cruver Whittlesey
American, d. 1950
Minaret, Hasan Mosque, Rabat, Morocco
1916
Gelatin silver print
84.R.1

Désiré Charnay
French, 1828-1915
Monumental head at Izamal, Mexico
circa 1859
Albumen print
95.R.126*

Désiré Charnay
French, 1828-1915
Northern building of the Nunnery at Uxmal, Mexico
circa 1859
Albumen print
95.R.126*

Désiré Charnay
French, 1828-1915
"Second Palace" at Mitla, Mexico
circa 1859
Albumen print
95.R.126*

Désiré Charnay
French, 1828-1915
Interior, Group of the Columns at Mitla, Mexico
circa 1859
Albumen print
95.R.126*

Felice Beato
British, circa 1830-1903
Sikandrah Bagh after the Slaughter of the Rebels by the 93rd Highlanders of 4th Panjal N.I.
1858
Albumen print
Lucknow
J. Paul Getty Museum: 84.XO.1168.7

George N. Barnard
American, 1819-1902
Ruins of railroad depot, Charleston, South Carolina
1865
Albumen print
Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign
New York: George N. Barnard, 1869
J. Paul Getty Museum: 84.XO.1323.61

Daniel Libeskind
Polish, 1946-
Extension of the Berlin Museum with the Jewish Museum Department
1989-1991
Architectural model
920061

Lebbeus Woods
American, 1940-
Aerial view, Berlin Free Zone project
1990
Mixed media, mainly electrostatic printing, colored pencil, pastel, and ink on paper
950081**

Lebbeus Woods
American, 1940-
Building facade, Berlin Free Zone project
1990
Mixed media, mainly electrostatic printing, colored pencil, pastel, and ink on paper
950081**

Banners

Anonymous
View of the Acropolis from Philopappos Hill
ca. 1865
Albumen print
92.R.84 (04.01.04)

Louis-François Cassas
Keystone of Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon
Engraving
Unpublished, intended for Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, del la Phénicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 1799.

Athanassiou, Constantin
Monument of Philopappos, Athens
ca. 1875
Albumen print
92.R.84 (04.11.03)

Anonymous
Einstein in the ruins of a village in the region of Dormans (France)
Nordmann, Charles. "Avec Einstein dans le régions dévastées," L'illustration, no.4128 (15 April 1922): 329.
84-S259

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