Eugène Atget
Meaux - ancien cloître des Chanoines

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Artist Eugène Atget(French, 1857–1927)French, 1857–1927

CultureFrench

Titles

Meaux - ancien cloître des Chanoines

Date1910

PlaceMeaux, France

MediumGelatin silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. (22.7 x 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (22.7 × 17.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Englander

Object number2018.215

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThroughout
his life—even after the introduction of roll film and handheld cameras—Atget
photographed with a large, tripod-mounted camera and commercially prepared
“gelatin dry plate” glass negatives. He made contact prints, placing the
negative directly on photographic paper, rather than projecting it through an
enlarger; his negatives and positives are therefore the same size. Atget
printed on three types of photographic paper: most are on a thin albumen-coated
paper that was the standard during the 19th century; some prints are on a
heavier, glossier, and somewhat rosier gelatin-coated paper; and a small number
are printed on a beautiful, velvety, matte-surface albumen paper.
ProvenanceCaryl Englander and Israel Englander; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top: Meaux-cloitre // des Chanoines // 6707
Inscribed in ink, verso, bottom right corner: 1.69.2351
Stamped in black with addition in pencil, verso, bottom center: E. ATGET // Rue Campagne-Première, 17bis[pencil]

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