Eugène Atget
Rue du Grenier-sur-l'Eau, Paris

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Artist Eugène AtgetFrench, 1857–1927

CultureFrench

Titles

Rue du Grenier-sur-l'Eau, Paris

Date1924

PlaceParis, France

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 6 15/16 in. (21.9 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 7 1/16 in. (22.9 × 17.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.228

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Photography

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Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist, Paris, d. 1927; Berenice Abbott and Julien Levy; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968; sold through [Sotheby’s New York, April 1994, lot 204]; [Galerie Stockeregg, Zurich]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection, November 22, 1990; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "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 pencil, verso, top center: Rue Grenier sur l’eau
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: 6403
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: Dupe
Stamped in black with addition in pencil, verso: E. ATGET // Rue Campagne-Première, 17bis[pencil]

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