The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art
The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection
Eugène Atget
Hôtel de la Salamandre, 20 rue de l'Hirondelle
No reserve
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection
Eugène Atget
1857 - 1927
Hôtel de la Salamandre, 20 rue de l'Hirondelle
albumen print, titled and numbered '4116' in pencil on the reverse
image: 8½ by 6¾ in. (21.6 by 17.1 cm.)
Executed in 1900.
Abbott-Levy Collection
Acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, through the generosity of Shirley C. Burden and Family of Man Fund, 1968
John Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg, The Work of Atget, vol. II: The Art of Old Paris (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981), p. 86, pl. 42
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Atget, December 1969 - March 1970 (another print exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Eugène Atget: Documents pour artistes, February - April 2012 (another print exhibited)
