# Constructions, quai de Passy

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1907.

Workers, ladders, cranes, temporary sheds, and scaffolding fill a tall Paris construction site. The compressed vertical design turns modern building activity into a dense structural grid.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 100.5 × 81.4 cm
- Collection: [Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-d417f5df18642276.md>)

[View collection record](<https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/M0389000971>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Modernism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/modernism.md>)

## Image

![Workers move among cranes, ladders, and scaffolding at a Paris construction site.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-d417f5df18642276-d5807ef742e23605/full.jpg?v=1de231dfc6e77394f430d3d2a94bb14c78fa40bc9c1d8312f60838b2ae6ccf98>)

## Sources & credits

- Pierre Poschadel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie, inv. 98.04.16
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMaximilien_LUCE%2C_Construction_quai_de_Passy%2C_1907%2C_mus%C3%A9e_de_l%27h%C3%B4tel-Dieu%2C_inv._98.04.16.JPG>)
- Artwork metadata drawn from Musée de l'Hôtel-Dieu and French Ministry of Culture collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

[Canonical HTML page](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/art/constructions-quai-de-passy>)