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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget — Versailles, Les Marmousets
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

Versailles, Les Marmousets

1906

Playful sculptural figures known as 'marmousets' demonstrate the whimsical side of baroque garden decoration, captured with the sharp clarity that made albumen prints ideal for architectural documentation.

Medium
Albumen print
Location
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget, Versailles, Les Marmousets, 1906

Playful sculptural figures known as 'marmousets' demonstrate the whimsical side of baroque garden decoration, captured with the sharp clarity that made albumen prints ideal for architectural documentation.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1906
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, French, Twentieth Century, Albumen Print, Sepia Tone, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, Early Modern, Architecture

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