Atget's Studio

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

Title

Atget's Studio

Place

Libourne (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1905–1915

Medium

Gelatin silver printing out print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on mount, along right edge, right of image, in blue ink: "7 1/2 [in center/two arrows pointing up and down to edges of image/paper]; recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in black ink: "R 85" [encircled]; recto, on mount, lower right, sideways, in black ink: "#8"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "INV / #65"; verso, on mount, upper center, in graphite: "Inteneiur Atget"; verso, on mount, upper right, in blue ink: "8" [encircled]; verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "251"; verso, on mount, upper left, in blue ink: "Atget's Studio, Photo by E. Atget."; stamped verso, on mount, center, in purple ink: "PHOTO E. ATGET / COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT / 1 W. 67th ST."

Dimensions

Image/paper: 22.6 × 17.5 cm (8 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Mount: 36.2 × 28.6 cm (14 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia and Frank Kolodny in memory of Julien Levy

Reference Number

1990.565.1

Extended information about this artwork

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