ID: 700000976 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000976	Record Type: Movable Work

Constructions mobiles (engraving (print); Didion, P (French printmaker); published ca. 1860; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 797974; accession number: 2008.PR.23*)

Note: The discrete elements of the print were designed to be cut out and assembled into a three-dimensional model. Letters within the print supply directions for assembly; "IMAGERIE de P.DIDION, à METZ. Déposé."--lower right; The cutout of a Chinese building shows figures in Chinese dress variously free-standing, standing in doorways or looking out of windows; French printmaker to whom is also attributed a lithograph known as the Battle of Sedan (1870). Publication: [ca. 1860].

Titles:

Constructions mobiles (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Habitation chinoise (C,U,French,U,U)

Cutout of a Chinese building with figures in Chinese dress (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

model (representation) [300047753]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>)

cutouts [300257411]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published ca. 1860

Creator Display:

Didion, P (French printmaker) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Didion, P. (French engraver and printer, active ca. 1859-1871) [500354184]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 797974; accession number: 2008.PR.23*

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: engraving, hand colored

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: sheet 40 x 49 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	dwellings [300005425]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT)

	mobiles [300047098]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>) (AAT)

	model (representation) [300047753]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>) (AAT)

	Chinese (culture or style) [300018322]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian) (AAT)

Provenance: marl; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Constructions mobiles No 1. Habitation chinoise. Letters within the print supply directions for assembly.; "IMAGERIE de P.DIDION, à METZ. Déposé."--lower right.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Constructions mobiles	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 797974
Habitation chinoise	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Cutout of a Chinese building with figures in Chinese dress	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)