Eugène Atget
Pont Marie

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Artist Eugène AtgetFrench, 1857–1927

CultureFrench

Titles

Pont Marie

DateApril–May, 1926

PlaceParis, France

MediumGelatin silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (17.9 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 8 15/16 in. (17.9 x 22.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lucile Bowden Johnson in honor of Frances G. McLanahan and Alexander K. McLanahan

Object number81.52

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionLinking
the Right Bank and the Île Saint-Louis in the heart of Old Paris, the Pont
Marie is one of the oldest bridges spanning the Seine, completed in 1635.
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 1927; Estate of the artist; Berenice Abbott and Julien Levy; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

"Paris in Loving Detail: Photographs by Charles Marville and Eugene Atget", MFAH, Lower Brown Corridor, August 23, 2004 - December 13, 2004.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center: Pont Marie
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: 6674
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: x
Stamped in black with addition in pencil, verso, bottom center: E. ATGET // Rue Campagne-Première, 17bis[pencil]

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