Le Géomêtre, Charles Maurin

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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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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