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Cardboard Collection (#8)

"Unveiling the Versatility of Cardboard: From Kittens to Landscapes and Everything in Between" A playful kitten finds comfort in a cozy Maltesers cardboard box

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Agriculture, 1890

Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Agriculture, 1890. Creator: Pierre Victor Galland
Esquisse pour la galerie des Metiers de l'Hotel de Ville : Agriculture, 1890

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Fondeurs, 1890

Esquisse pour la galerie des Métiers de l'Hôtel de Ville : Fondeurs, 1890. Creator: Pierre Victor Galland
Esquisse pour la galerie des Metiers de l'Hotel de Ville : Fondeurs, 1890. Foundry workers

Background imageCardboard Collection: Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape, banks of the Marne...1898

Sketch for the town hall of Créteil: Landscape, banks of the Marne...1898. Creator: Eugene Martial Simas
Sketch for the town hall of Creteil: Landscape, banks of the Marne from the pont de l'Ile Sainte-Catherine, 1898. Left panel. Walkers and swimmers

Background imageCardboard Collection: Sketch for the church of Saint-Séverin: the childhood of Saint Francis de Sales... c.1852

Sketch for the church of Saint-Séverin: the childhood of Saint Francis de Sales... c.1852. Creator: Victor-Louis Mottez
Sketch for the church of Saint-Severin (5th arrondissement of Paris): the childhood of St Francis de Sales - St Francis preaching to the heretics of Chablais, c.1852

Background imageCardboard Collection: Sketch for the church of Saint-Séverin: the childhood of St Francis de Sales... c.1852

Sketch for the church of Saint-Séverin: the childhood of St Francis de Sales... c.1852. Creator: Victor-Louis Mottez
Sketch for the Saint-Severin church (5th arrondissement of Paris): the childhood of St Francis de Sales - St Francis preaching to the heretics of Chablais, c.1852

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église du Saint-Esprit (12e arr.) : La Pentecôte, l'Eglise romaine... c.1935

Esquisse pour l'église du Saint-Esprit (12e arr.) : La Pentecôte, l'Eglise romaine... c.1935
Esquisse pour l'eglise du Saint-Esprit (12e arr.) : La Pentecote, l'Eglise romaine, l'Eglise d'orient, c.1935. Pentecost: the Roman church, the Eastern church

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Daniel, c.1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Daniel, c.1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint Francois Xavier : Daniel, c.1875

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Jérémie, c.1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Jérémie, c.1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint Francois Xavier : Jeremie, c.1875. Jeremiah

Background imageCardboard Collection: Barques au port, between 1930 and 1932. Creator: Henri Jean Guillaume Martin

Barques au port, between 1930 and 1932. Creator: Henri Jean Guillaume Martin
Barques au port, between 1930 and 1932. Boats in a port, (verso). Canvas painted on both sides. On the front is Bouquet de bleuets

Background imageCardboard Collection: La Victoire, esquisse pour la coupole Dutuit, Petit Palais, 1er projet, between 1918 and 1919

La Victoire, esquisse pour la coupole Dutuit, Petit Palais, 1er projet, between 1918 and 1919. Creator: Maurice Denis
La Victoire, esquisse pour la coupole Dutuit, Petit Palais, 1er projet, between 1918 and 1919. Victory

Background imageCardboard Collection: Sketch for the interior of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris... c.1832-1850

Sketch for the interior of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris... c.1832-1850
Sketch for the interior of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in Paris: head of St Andrew, study of hand holding a sword (St Paul), between 1832 and 1850

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Fleurs, 1892. Creator: Georges Jeannin

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Fleurs, 1892. Creator: Georges Jeannin
Esquisse pour l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Fleurs, 1892. Flowers

Background imageCardboard Collection: Portrait de Madame Massoul, grand-mère de l'artiste, 1890. Creator: Felix Massoul

Portrait de Madame Massoul, grand-mère de l'artiste, 1890. Creator: Felix Massoul
Portrait de Madame Massoul, grand-mere de l'artiste, 1890

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour la salle des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La musique à travers les âges

Esquisse pour la salle des Fêtes de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : La musique à travers les âges, 1889
Esquisse pour la salle des Fetes de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : La musique a travers les ages, 1889. Music through the ages

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Ezéchiel, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Ezéchiel, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint Francois Xavier: Ezechiel, 1875. Ezekiel

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint Francois Xavier : Isaie, 1875. Isaiah

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay

Esquisse pour l'église Saint François Xavier : Isaïe, 1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint Francois Xavier: Isaie, 1875. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

Background imageCardboard Collection: Réunion de famille à Bourron-Marlotte (Théodore de Banville dans la forêt de Fontainebleau), 1857

Réunion de famille à Bourron-Marlotte (Théodore de Banville dans la forêt de Fontainebleau), 1857
Reunion de famille a Bourron-Marlotte (Theodore de Banville dans la foret de Fontainebleau), 1857. Family group sitting at the foot of a large tree in the Fontainebleau forest in Bourron-Marlotte

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fêtes de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Tragédie... 1852

Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fêtes de l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Tragédie... 1852
Esquisse pour la grande galerie des Fetes de l'ancien Hotel de Ville de Paris : Tragedie et comedie (Flet scena), 1852. Tragedy and Comedy

Background imageCardboard Collection: Sketch for the Saint-Séverin church: St Peter healing a cripple... 1819

Sketch for the Saint-Séverin church: St Peter healing a cripple... 1819. Creator: Louis Vincent Léon Pallière
Sketch for the Saint-Severin church (5th arrondissement of Paris): St Peter healing a cripple at the entrance to the Temple of Jerusalem, 1819

Background imageCardboard Collection: L'incendie. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

L'incendie. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
L'incendie. Fire, vestiges of charred trees in the foreground

Background imageCardboard Collection: Baigneuses, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Maximilien Luce

Baigneuses, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Maximilien Luce
Baigneuses, late 19th-early 20th century. Bathers

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour écartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour écartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851. Creator: Léon Cogniet
Esquisse pour l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Le jour ecartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851. Allegory, female figure. Day drawing back the curtains of Night

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour écartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851

Esquisse pour l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Le jour écartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851. Creator: Léon Cogniet
Esquisse pour l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Le jour ecartant les voiles de la nuit, c.1851. Allegory, female figure. Day drawing back the curtains of Night

Background imageCardboard Collection: Theatre de l'Ambigu-Comique and Boulevard Saint-Martin, 1830. Creator: Giuseppe Canella

Theatre de l'Ambigu-Comique and Boulevard Saint-Martin, 1830. Creator: Giuseppe Canella
Theatre de l'Ambigu-Comique and Boulevard Saint-Martin, 1830

Background imageCardboard Collection: The barrier of rue Royale-Montmartre, 1823. Creator: Giuseppe Canella

The barrier of rue Royale-Montmartre, 1823. Creator: Giuseppe Canella
The barrier of rue Royale-Montmartre, 1823

Background imageCardboard Collection: Interior of Saint-Jean-Saint-Francois church, 1829. Creator: Giuseppe Canella

Interior of Saint-Jean-Saint-Francois church, 1829. Creator: Giuseppe Canella
Interior of Saint-Jean-Saint-Francois church, 1829

Background imageCardboard Collection: Entrance to the metro, Place de l'Etoile, between 1900 and 1907. Creator: Carlo Brancaccio

Entrance to the metro, Place de l'Etoile, between 1900 and 1907. Creator: Carlo Brancaccio
Entrance to the metro, Place de l'Etoile, between 1900 and 1907

Background imageCardboard Collection: Augustin Chéron (1760-1811) in the role of Fabius, c1798. Creator: Jean Simon Berthelemy

Augustin Chéron (1760-1811) in the role of Fabius, c1798. Creator: Jean Simon Berthelemy
Augustin Cheron (1760-1811) in the role of Fabius, c1798

Background imageCardboard Collection: German flag carried to the Invalides, c1914. Creator: Jean Beraud

German flag carried to the Invalides, c1914. Creator: Jean Beraud
German flag carried to the Invalides, c1914

Background imageCardboard Collection: Variety theatre and le passage des Panoramas, boulevard Montmartre, c1825. Creator: Unknown

Variety theatre and le passage des Panoramas, boulevard Montmartre, c1825. Creator: Unknown
Variety theatre and le passage des Panoramas, boulevard Montmartre, c1825

Background imageCardboard Collection: The Temple Dungeon, around 1795, c1795. Creator: Unknown

The Temple Dungeon, around 1795, c1795. Creator: Unknown
The Temple Dungeon, around 1795, c1795

Background imageCardboard Collection: Refinery and the Delessert garden, in Passy, ??seen from the left bank (circa 1820)

Refinery and the Delessert garden, in Passy, ??seen from the left bank (circa 1820). Creator: Unknown
Refinery and the Delessert garden, in Passy, ??seen from the left bank (circa 1820)

Background imageCardboard Collection: Presumed portrait of Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), writer, c1845. Creator: Unknown

Presumed portrait of Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), writer, c1845. Creator: Unknown
Presumed portrait of Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), writer, c1845

Background imageCardboard Collection: Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 8ème arrondissement de Paris : Le Mariage, 1926

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 8ème arrondissement de Paris : Le Mariage, 1926
Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 8eme arrondissement de Paris : Le Mariage, 1926

Background imageCardboard Collection: Turret in Gentilly. Creator: Lucie Dreux

Turret in Gentilly. Creator: Lucie Dreux
Turret in Gentilly

Background imageCardboard Collection: Portrait du peintre Félix Ziem, c.1850. Creator: Gustave Ricard

Portrait du peintre Félix Ziem, c.1850. Creator: Gustave Ricard
Portrait du peintre Felix Ziem, c.1850

Background imageCardboard Collection: House occupied by Victor Hugo on the Grand Place in Brussels in 1851 and 1852, c1933

House occupied by Victor Hugo on the Grand Place in Brussels in 1851 and 1852, c1933. Creator: Georges Leon Dufrenoy
House occupied by Victor Hugo on the Grand Place in Brussels in 1851 and 1852, c1933

Background imageCardboard Collection: Bateau-Mouche on the Seine, in evening, in front of Notre-Dame, 1890. Creator: Adolphe-Ernest Gumery

Bateau-Mouche on the Seine, in evening, in front of Notre-Dame, 1890. Creator: Adolphe-Ernest Gumery
Bateau-Mouche on the Seine, in evening, in front of Notre-Dame, 1890

Background imageCardboard Collection: Olive trees in Menton, 18–07–1918. Creator: Henry Brokman

Olive trees in Menton, 18–07–1918. Creator: Henry Brokman
Olive trees in Menton, 18-07-1918

Background imageCardboard Collection: Workshop interior. Creator: Unknown

Workshop interior. Creator: Unknown
Workshop interior

Background imageCardboard Collection: Le Dôme de Milan. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Le Dôme de Milan. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Le Dome de Milan

Background imageCardboard Collection: Venise, l'église des Gesuati, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Venise, l'église des Gesuati, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Venise, l'eglise des Gesuati, between 1870 and 1880

Background imageCardboard Collection: Vue d'Italie : la vieille porte. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Vue d'Italie : la vieille porte. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Vue d'Italie : la vieille porte

Background imageCardboard Collection: Venise au coucher du soleil, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Venise au coucher du soleil, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Venise au coucher du soleil, between 1870 and 1880

Background imageCardboard Collection: Fête à l'ambassade d'Angleterre à Paris, 1889. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Fête à l'ambassade d'Angleterre à Paris, 1889. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Fete a l'ambassade d'Angleterre a Paris, 1889

Background imageCardboard Collection: Coucher de soleil, between 1850 and 1860. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Coucher de soleil, between 1850 and 1860. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Coucher de soleil, between 1850 and 1860

Background imageCardboard Collection: Le canard. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem

Le canard. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Le canard




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"Unveiling the Versatility of Cardboard: From Kittens to Landscapes and Everything in Between" A playful kitten finds comfort in a cozy Maltesers cardboard box, proving that even our furry friends appreciate the simplicity of this humble material. Amidst an intense game of bridge, players meticulously mark their scores on a worn-out cardboard scorecard, showcasing how this versatile material has been used for entertainment throughout the years. Isidre Nonell's captivating oil painting "Poor waiting the soup" depicts a destitute figure clutching onto a piece of weathered cardboard, reminding us of its association with poverty and struggle. An eye-catching advertising sign for Exide Batteries stands tall on the street corner, constructed entirely from sturdy cardboard, demonstrating its effectiveness as an affordable yet impactful marketing tool. Princess Mary's Christmas 1914 tin holds sentimental value as it was distributed to soldiers during World War I and made from recycled cardboard—a testament to its resourcefulness during times of scarcity. Marcus Larson's Swedish Lake Study beautifully captures the serene beauty of nature with his delicate brushstrokes on textured cardboard canvas—showcasing how artists can transform this ordinary material into extraordinary works of art. Two vibrant plants thrive in their respective pots made from recycled cardboard—an eco-friendly solution that not only nurtures life but also adds aesthetic appeal to any space. Three Shapes #4 and Three Shapes #3 showcase modern abstract artwork created using layers upon layers of intricately cut and arranged colored cardboards—proving that creativity knows no bounds when it comes to this versatile medium. Lifestyle No1 portrays a minimalist living room adorned with sleek furniture made partially or entirely out of sustainable corrugated board—highlighting how designers are embracing eco-conscious materials without compromising style or functionality. The simple yet elegant shape carved out from sturdy brown cardboard exemplifies the beauty of minimalism, reminding us that sometimes less is truly more.