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Eugène Atget — 'La Villette, rue Asselin, fille publique faisant le quart devant sa porte, 19e'
Eugène Atget

'La Villette, rue Asselin, fille publique faisant le quart devant sa porte, 19e'

A gold-toned gelatin silver printing-out print by Eugène Atget from 1921 documenting a street scene in La Villette, Paris. The photograph captures urban life and social documentation with Atget's characteristic observational style.

Medium
gold-toned gelatin silver printing-out print, numbered ‘6218’ in the negative, titled and annotated with negative number ‘6218’ in pencil and with the photographer’s credit stamp, annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1921

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March 29, 2023

Estimate: $100,000$200,000

Lot 27

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Eugène Atget, 'La Villette, rue Asselin, fille publique faisant le quart devant sa porte, 19e'

A gold-toned gelatin silver printing-out print by Eugène Atget from 1921 documenting a street scene in La Villette, Paris. The photograph captures urban life and social documentation with Atget's characteristic observational style.

Medium
gold-toned gelatin silver printing-out print, numbered ‘6218’ in the negative, titled and annotated with negative number ‘6218’ in pencil and with the photographer’s credit stamp, annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1921
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Social Documentation, Documentary, Paris, 1921, Gelatin Silver Print, Urban, Street Photography, Gold Toned

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Cleveland Museum of Art