About This Artwork

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
French, 1857–1927

Porteuse de pain, c. 1899/1900

Albumen print
22.1 x 17.9 cm
Marked on verso: "Porteuse Pain"
Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund, 1979.61

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

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

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. p. 56. pl. 20. (other print of this image)