The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art

The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art

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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Development of MoMA's Collection

Eugène Atget

Fortifications, Porte d'Arcueil

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October 18, 04:01 PM GMT

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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

Fortifications, Porte d'Arcueil


albumen print, numbered '9628' in pencil on the reverse

image: 8½ by 6¾ in. (21.6 by 17.1 cm.)

Executed in 1899.

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

Laure Beaumont-Maillet, Atget Paris (Corte Madera, 1993), p. 685 (variant)