Eugène Atget
Coin du Quai Bourbon

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

CultureFrench

Titles

Coin du Quai Bourbon

Date1923

PlaceParis, France

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 7 × 8 5/8 in. (17.8 × 21.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 8 5/8 in. (17.8 × 21.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.223

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Christie's, New York, Auction 5-784]; [Galerie Octant, Paris]; [Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH, Berlin]; purchased by Manfred Heiting; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The First Century of Photography", The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977;

"Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 17-October 6, 2002.

"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 negative, recto, bottom left corner: 16 [reversed]
Inscribed in pencil, verso: Coin du quai Bourbon // 40 [illegible], Pont de L’lle // Coté gauche
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: 1609
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: 004 // K3

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