Chatelet metro station
Place Sainte-Opportune, Paris, France · 2020
From 195 €
Limited edition of twenty prints, all sizes and materials combined. Each print is signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
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- Material
- Fine art paper · baryta
- Framing
- Classic frame · Black · up to Large
The cast-iron leaves of the Guimard entrance in black and white: baryta paper gives the metal relief and delivers true blacks.
- Made to order: usually two to three weeks in mainland France and Europe
- Signed-for Colissimo delivery or, depending on the country, a pickup point; courier for Large and Extra large sizes and some framed prints
- Fourteen days to change your mind
- Card, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link or PayPal
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The story behind the photo
The Guimard entrance at Châtelet, photographed in black and white, with the iron fronds of the canopy spreading over the stairs and a line of Haussmann facades closing the street behind. The structure occupies the centre of the frame and the buildings are allowed to stay flat and grey, so the only ornament in the picture is the metalwork.
Black and white is the whole decision here. In colour this entrance is green, the bicycles are red and blue, the awnings are orange, and the eye goes everywhere. Remove the colour and what is left is a drawing: a cast-iron plant growing out of the pavement in front of a city built on straight lines. That opposition is the subject.
The light is flat and overcast, which suits both the metal and the stone. Direct sun would have thrown the pattern of the canopy onto the ground and confused two graphic systems that need to stay separate; under cloud, the ironwork keeps its silhouette and the facades keep their grid.
Guimard designed these entrances for the opening of the network in 1900, and Paris hated them at first. Several dozen survive. Standing under one at street level, with the trains running underneath, you are in one of the few places where the city’s nineteenth century and its daily commute occupy the same square metre.
I wanted a portrait of a piece of street furniture that the city walks past a hundred thousand times a day without looking at.
- Location
- Place Sainte-Opportune, Paris, France
- Date
- 2020
- Gallery
- Architecture
Sizes and prices
| Size | Fine art paper | Aluminium Dibond | Acrylic glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small45 × 30 cm | 195 € | 300 € | 425 € |
| Medium60 × 40 cm | 275 € | 450 € | 640 € |
| Large90 × 60 cm | 440 € | 670 € | 1 010 € |
| Extra large120 × 80 cm | 580 € | 900 € | 1 470 € |
Price of the print alone, without frame, VAT included. Print dimensions in centimetres; a frame makes them larger.
Materials
Hahnemühle fine art papers (Photo Rag, Museum Etching, Fine Art Baryta…), chosen for each photograph.
Print mounted on 3 mm aluminium Dibond: rigid, light, no glazing.
Print set between 3 mm Dibond and an acrylic sheet: richer colour and depth, resistant to UV and humidity.
Framing, optional
For paper prints: white mount and Plexiglas glazing, museum glass optional.
For aluminium and acrylic: the photo seems to float inside its frame; black or white.
For aluminium and acrylic: an aluminium structure fixed to the back, invisible once hung.
Delivery and returns
Signed-for delivery by Colissimo or, depending on the country, to a pickup point; signed-for delivery by courier for Large and Extra large sizes and some framed prints. Usually two to three weeks in mainland France and Europe, thirty to forty-five days for the French overseas territories and other countries.
Read article 9 of the Terms and Conditions →Fourteen days from receipt to change your mind, except for a print made to a special request. Returns are at your expense.
Read article 10 of the Terms and Conditions →Card, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link or PayPal. The print is made once payment has been received.
Read article 8 of the Terms and Conditions →Lead times, delivery, payment, returns: the answers are in the frequently asked questions. For another size, another material or advice on hanging, write to me.
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