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Eugène Atget — Bijouterie, avenue des Gobelins
Eugène Atget

Bijouterie, avenue des Gobelins

1926

Eugène Atget's "Bijouterie, avenue des Gobelins" is a printing-out-paper print that documents a jewelry shop storefront in Paris with the characteristic clarity and documentary precision that defined his architectural and commercial photography. The print bears Atget's studio stamp from Rue Campagne-Première along with his numbering system, reflecting his methodical cataloging of Parisian street life and commerce in the early twentieth century. This work exemplifies Atget's role as an urban chronicler, capturing the material culture and commercial landscape of Paris through a straightforward, unflinching photographic approach.

Medium
printing-out-paper print, numbered '120' twice in the negative, titled and numbered in pencil and with the photographer's Rue Campagne-Première studio stamp, annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse

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The World of Eugène Atget: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art

October 10, 2024

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

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Eugène Atget, Bijouterie, avenue des Gobelins, 1926

Eugène Atget's "Bijouterie, avenue des Gobelins" is a printing-out-paper print that documents a jewelry shop storefront in Paris with the characteristic clarity and documentary precision that defined his architectural and commercial photography. The print bears Atget's studio stamp from Rue Campagne-Première along with his numbering system, reflecting his methodical cataloging of Parisian street life and commerce in the early twentieth century. This work exemplifies Atget's role as an urban chronicler, capturing the material culture and commercial landscape of Paris through a straightforward, unflinching photographic approach.

Medium
printing-out-paper print, numbered '120' twice in the negative, titled and numbered in pencil and with the photographer's Rue Campagne-Première studio stamp, annotated '17 bis' in pencil, on the reverse
Year
1926
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Photography, French, Atmospheric, Urban Street Scene, Documentary Aesthetic, Paris, Early 20th Century, Modernism, Black and White, Jewelry shop

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Cleveland Museum of Art