1935 Paris France Place Concorde Bird's Eye View Aerial - ORIGINAL PTW1 XGS6 Brookfield Van Rensselaer

Brookfield Van Rensselaer

opera singers like Max Alvary and Katharina Klafsky to depictions of music and musicians in great works of art

This piece was illustrated by Jungmann

Rotogravure is a printing method using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders which allows for very high quality halftone reproductions to be printed at high speed on inexpensive paper stock

1935 Paris France Place Concorde Bird's Eye View Aerial - ORIGINAL PTW1 XGS6 Brookfield Van RensselaerThis is an original 1935 photogravure with a spectacular aerial view of the Place de la Concorde which is one of the major squares in Paris, France. It is located in the city's Eighth Arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs lyses. The center of the Place is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II. The image shown was photographed by Francaise Arienne Compagnie of Paris,