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Eugène Atget — Trees and Roots
Eugène Atget

Trees and Roots

1900

Employing the wet collodion technique for exceptional detail, Atget transforms a humble forest subject into a study of natural textures and organic forms that would later influence Surrealist photographers.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Eugène Atget, Trees and Roots, 1900

Employing the wet collodion technique for exceptional detail, Atget transforms a humble forest subject into a study of natural textures and organic forms that would later influence Surrealist photographers.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1900
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Naturalistic, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Trees, 19th Century, Botanical, Landscape, Nature, Sepia Tones

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