Lot 14
  • 14

Eugène Atget (1857 - 1927)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Eugène Atget
  • St Cloud, 1904
  • photograph on paper
Tirage aristotype à la gélatine. Avec le numéro du négatif 6 partiellement visible en bas à gauche. Au verso, le tampon du photographe auquel est ajouté 1ere et 17 bis, titré St Cloud et numéroté 6499 au crayon par le photographe.

Gelatin silver chloride print on printing-out paper. With the partially cropped, inverted negative number 6 at the lower left corner. On the reverse, with the photographer's stamp to which is added 1ere and 17 bis in pencil by the artist, titled St Cloud and numbered 6499 in pencil by the photographer.

Condition

This print is in good condition. Dark brown tones and strong contrasts. The lower left corner is minimally torn and has small loss of the gelatin layer. With a small tear of approx. 3 mm and a small crease that affects the surface at the lower edge towards the left corner. The lower right corner with a small crease (the paper is broken). With a tear of approx. 5 mm at the right edge towards the upper corner; the upper left corner with a small loss of the gelatin layer; with two tiny tears at the left edge.
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