Talk:Georges Petit

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The contents of the Petit biography from the Whistler Correspondence website is not in the public domain: http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/copyright/. (89.52.164.135 (talk) 10:05, 15 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out. I am not aware that this Wiki article reproduces or quotes in any way the letters of Whistler et al, which are protected by the strict aspects of the copyright notice that you link. Indeed, I read none of the letters when working on this Wiki article. This Wiki article references the Whistler site itself... the "editorial text"... specifically the short biography of Petit. I did not see a copyright on the site when I first wrote this article. Thanks again for pointing it out. I have now cited with footnotes the Whistler Centre and its Petit biography where appropriate... rather than relying solely on the broad sourcing language that was included here before.Ruedetocqueville (talk) 12:33, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The gallery which Petit opened at 12, Rue Godot de Mauroy in 1881 was a popular alternative exhibition space to the official Salon. Petit's gallery later relocated to 8 rue de Sèze in the heart of Paris.

I don't think there was a relocation. As you can see on Google maps, the two streets surround the same building. Per Distal 1990, the entrance to the exhibition hall (presumably at 12 Rue Godot de Mauroy) was made at 8 Rue de Sèze:

When his father died in 1877, Georges Petit was already working as a picture dealer at the same address as his father. From 1881, he settled at 12 Rue Godot de Mauroy, behind the Eglise de la Madeleine, an address he kept until his death. The building still exists today; it contained the Petit family residence, the management of the gallery, a printing workshop—for Georges Petit, like Goupil, became a publisher of prints and various artistic publications—a packing room, and especially, several exhibition areas, including an immense hall (over 2,700 square feet) with “zenithal” lighting. The exhibition hall was reached by climbing a monumental staircase at the far end of a long corridor with an entrance at 8 Rue de Séze. Petit’s establishment was luxurious.

From Distel, Anne (1990). Impressionism: The First Collectors. Trans. by Barbara Perroud-Benson. Harry N. Abrams. p. 37. ISBN 0-8109-3160-5. OCLC 20566765. Viriditas (talk) 09:55, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]