Eugène Atget
[Donkey and Cart]

ArtistFrench, 1857–1927
CultureFrench
Titles
  • [Donkey and Cart]
Datebefore 1900
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (17.5 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (18.1 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number2013.669
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Eugène Atget spent the early part of his photographic career making pictures of subjects and scenes intended to appeal to artists as models and reference material for their work—the likely purpose of this photograph. As Atget’s career progressed, he became best known for his pictures of Old Paris—surviving elements of historic architecture and evidence of centuries-old traditions that remained despite the transformations that reshaped Paris into a modern city beginning in the second half of the 19th century.



ProvenancePrivate collection; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in negative, recto, top left corner: 25 [reversed]
Inscribed in negative, recto, bottom right corner: 256 [reversed]
Inscribed in pencil, verso: 256 [underlined]

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Eugène Atget
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Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Eugène Atget
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Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Eugène Atget
1906
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2008.582
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Eugène Atget
c. 1901
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.228
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Eugène Atget
c. 1901
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.229
Versailles—Le Parc
Eugène Atget
c. 1901
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.230
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Eugène Atget
1910
Albumen silver print from glass negative
96.1001
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Eugène Atget
1922–1923
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2000.285
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Eugène Atget
1923
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2002.221
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Eugène Atget
1921
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2002.222
Coin du Quai Bourbon
Eugène Atget
1923
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2002.223