Le Géomêtre

Charles Maurin, artist

1856–1914

Le Géomêtre, circa 1900

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: etching; laid paper

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 300 x 234 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 11 13/16 x 9 3/16 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 227 x 136 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 15/16 x 5 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 2011.0057

Not on display

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Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing

This print is probably a portrait of François-Rupert Carabin (1862–1932), a friend of the artist who was best known as an art nouveau furniture designer. The complex form in the foreground is the carved back of the sitter’s chair.
The geometric diagram that the sitter (Carabin) contemplates is probably an inexpertly drawn “golden triangle” or “sublime triangle,” an isosceles triangle in which the ratio of the hypotenuse to the base is equal to the “golden ratio,” for which please see the adjacent pair of works by Dan Massad.

Exhibition Label:
"Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing," Mar-2012, Stephen Goddard
This print is probably a portrait of François-Rupert Carabin (1862-1932), a friend of the artist who was best known as an art nouveau furniture designer. The complex form in the foreground is the carved back of the sitter's chair. The geometric diagram that the sitter (Carabin) contemplates is probably an inexpertly drawn “golden triangle” or “sublime triangle,” an isosceles triangle in which the ratio of the hypotenuse to the base is equal to the "golden ratio," for which please see the adjacent pair of works by Dan Massad. SG