About This Artwork

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
French, 1857–1927

Fête du Trône, 1925

Gelatin silver printing out paper print
17.9 x 22.5 cm
Marked on verso: "Fête du Trône/68"
Stamped on verso
Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund, 1979.56

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

AIC, "Bystander: A History of Street Photography," December 10, 1994-April 16, 1995.

New York, NY, The Equitable Gallery, "Julien Levy: Portrait of a Gallery," August 13–October 31, 1998.

AIC, "Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was," August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis).

Publication History

Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg. 1982. "Modern Times.” Vol. 4 of The Work of Atget. Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company. cover. p. 152. pl. 116. (other print of this image)

Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 53.