ID: 700000978 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000978	Record Type: Movable Work

Constructions mobiles (engraving (print); Didion, P. (French printmaker); published ca. 1860; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 800373; accession number: 2008.PR.24*)

Note: Discrete elements of the print were designed to be cut out and assembled into a three-dimensional model. The cutout of the Mosque of Sidi Abd-er-Rahman in Algiers comprises illustrations of figures in Middle Eastern dress standing or crouching in prayer; 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)

Mosquée de Sidi Abd-er-Rahman (Alger) (C,U,French,U,U)

Cutout of the Mosque of Sidi Abd-er-Rahman in Algiers, with figures standing or crouching in prayer (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]

artist 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: 800373; accession number: 2008.PR.24*

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)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: sheet 40 x 49 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	Mosque of Sidi Abd-er-Rahman in Algiers [700001265]
	.....(Mosque of Abderrahman [700001265], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	mosques (buildings) [300007544]
	.....(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>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings) (AAT)

	humans (species) [300265711]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order), Hominoidea (superfamily), Hominidae (family), Homo (genus)) (AAT)

Provenance: marl; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Constructions mobiles No 9. Mosquée de Sidi Abd-er-Rahman (Alger). 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-) 800373
Mosquée de Sidi Abd-er-Rahman (Alger)	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Cutout of the Mosque of Sidi Abd-er-Rahman in Algiers, with figures standing or crouching in prayer	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

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