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
Selected Images of Jardin du Luxembourg (2 Photographs)
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10,000 - 15,000 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
Selected Images of Jardin du Luxembourg (2 Photographs)
a group of 2 matte albumen prints, one numbered '47' in the negative, each titled and numbered in pencil and with the photographer's Rue Campagne-Première studio stamp, annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse
images approximately: 6¾ by 8½ in. (17.1 by 21.6 cm.) or the reverse
Executed in 1923-25.
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. 159, pl. 115
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Eugène Atget: Documents pour artistes, February - April 2012 (another print exhibited)
