Artist
Eugène Atget(French, 1857–1927)French, 1857–1927
CultureFrench
Titles
- Versailles—L'hiver
Date1922
PlaceParis, France
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 11/16in. (21.7 × 17cm)
Mount: 14 3/8 × 11 9/16 in. (36.5 × 29.4 cm)
Mount: 14 3/8 × 11 9/16 in. (36.5 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.230
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Jeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, on 4/14/1987/
Exhibition History"Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 17-October 6, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black, verso, upper center: "Versailles - L'Hiver"
Inscribed in black, verso, upper right: "Neg. / 1117"
Stamped in purple, verso, center: "Photo E. Atget / Collection Berenice Abbott / 1 W. 67th St."
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "Versailles - L'Hiver (1117)"
Label, verso, lower center: "ATGET, Jean-August Eugene / 1857-1927 / Versailles (L'Hiver) / (no. Atget 1117)"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "EA.127.x"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Cq"
Inscribed in black, verso, upper right: "Neg. / 1117"
Stamped in purple, verso, center: "Photo E. Atget / Collection Berenice Abbott / 1 W. 67th St."
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "Versailles - L'Hiver (1117)"
Label, verso, lower center: "ATGET, Jean-August Eugene / 1857-1927 / Versailles (L'Hiver) / (no. Atget 1117)"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "EA.127.x"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Cq"
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Eugène Atget
c. 1901
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.228
Eugène Atget
1922
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2002.229
