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
Cour, 22 rue Quincampoix
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection
Eugène Atget
1857 - 1927
Cour, 22 rue Quincampoix
albumen print, mounted, the 'Photo E. Atget / Collection Berenice Abbott / 1 W. 67th St.' stamp and with title in pencil on the reverse
image: 8½ by 6¾ in. (21.6 by 17.1)
Executed in 1912.
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. 116, pl. 72
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Photography Collection: Rotation 4, December 2006 - July 2007 (another print exhibited)
