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Eugène Atget

Eugène Atget. February 2, 1857 – August 4, 1927. Eugene Atget’s dedication to preserving images of the architecture as well as the minute detail of ordinary Paris and surrounding areas before modernization, has left a record of what the life of 19 th century Paris was like.

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Eugène Atget

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  1. EugèneAtget February 2, 1857 – August 4, 1927

  2. Eugene Atget’s dedication to preserving images of the architecture as well as the minute detail of ordinary Paris and surrounding areas before modernization, has left a record of what the life of 19th century Paris was like.

  3. Bitumiers, 1899-1900, Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 6 7/8 x 8 1/4" (17.5 x 21 cm)

  4. Coin de la rue Valette et Panthéon, 1925, Albumen silver print (gold-toned), printed 1978 by Chicago Albumen Works, 7 1/16 x 9 7/16" (18 x 24cm)

  5. “He did not veer toward excessive concern with technic nor toward the imitation of painting but steered a straight course, making the medium speak for itself in a superb rendering of materials, textures, surfaces, details.” • -Berenice Abbott Hôtel des Archevêques de Lyon, rue Saint-André-des-Arts, 58, 1900, Albumen silver print, 9 1/4 x 6 7/8" (23.5 x 17.5 cm)

  6. Cour, Rue de Valence, June 1922, Gelatin silver print, printed by BereniceAbbott, 8 1/16 x 10" (20.4 x 25.4 cm) Original print, Matte albumen silver print, 7 x 8 15/16” (17.8 x 22.7 cm)

  7. (He is the) “Balzac of the camera” • -BereniceAbbott Un Coin du quai de la Tournelle, 5e arrondissement, 1910-11, Albumen silver print, 6 7/8 x 8 11/16" (17.5 x 22 cm)

  8. Magasins du Bon Marche. 1926-1927, Albumen silver print, printed 1984 by Chicago Albumen Works, 10 3/8 x 12 3/16" (26.3 x 31 cm)

  9. Now that I am approaching old age – that is to say, seventy years old – and have neither heir nor successor, I am worried and tormented about the future of this beautiful collection of negatives, which could fall into hands unaware of its import and ultimately disappear, without benefiting anyone.” • -EugeneAtget, 1920 Hôtel de Chanac, rue de Grenelle, 127, 1901, Albumen silver print, 8 9/16 x 6 15/16" (21.8 x 17.6 cm)

  10. Saint-Cloud, Evening, 7:00, 1921, Albumen silver print, 6 15/16 x 8 11/16" (17.6 x 22 cm)

  11. 91, rue de Turenne, 1911, Albumen silver print, Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 6 11/16 (21.3 x 17 cm)

  12. Chiffonier, 1899-1900, Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22 x 16.7 cm)

  13. Bibliography Looking at Atget, byPeter Barberie, Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, November, 2005 Atget in Philadelphia, New Criterion, October 2005 The Paris that Awoke to Atget’s Lens, The New York Times, October 3, 2010

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