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

Selected Images of École des Beaux-Arts (2 Photographs)

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3,000 - 5,000 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 École des Beaux-Arts (2 Photographs)

a group of 2 albumen prints, comprising Ancien Château de Gaillon and Poissons, Xlle siècle, each titled and numbered '6241' and '6250' in pencil, respectively, with the photographer's Rue Campagne-Première studio stamp, the latter annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse

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

Executed in 1921.

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