Artwork Information

  • Title:

    La Chapelle St. Michel-d’Aguille, LePuy

  • Artist:

    Bebb, Maurice R.

  • Artist Bio:

    American, 1891–1986

  • Date:

    1959

  • Medium:

    Etching

  • Dimensions:

    9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Maurice R. Bebb Family

  • Object Number:

    2018.9.7

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display


About the Artwork

Maurice R. Bebb

American, 1891–1986

La Chapelle St. Michel-d’Aguille, LePuy, 1959

Etching

Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Maurice R. Bebb Family

2018.9.7

Dedicated to the Archangel Michael—the patron saint of mountaintops and high places—this French church is located atop a volcanic outcropping and only accessible via 286 steps carved into the cliffside. Artist Maurice Bebb situates the viewer at the beginning of the climb, with the village road leading our eye through the composition and up the mountain.