Eugène Atget (1857 - 1927)

Tirage albuminé. Avec le numéro du négatif inversé et partiellement coupé en bas à gauche. Au verso, titré Auberge du Compas d'or 64 Rue Montorgueil et numéroté 5005 au crayon par le photographe et avec le tampon du photographe.

John Szarkowski/ Maria Morris Hambourg, The Work of Atget. Vol. II, Old Paris, New York, the Museum of Modern Art/ London, The Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1982, ill. fig. 34;
Atget. Paris, Paris, Hazan, 1992, ill. p. 139.

The print is in very good condition. The right edge irregularly trimmed. The lower right corner with a diagonal crease (approx. 1cm). The four corners with very soft diagonal flattened fold (approx. 5cm) probably from an earlier mounting. A small light bump at the left edge near the lower corner. A very strong and beautiful print. On a tonality scale from 1-10 this print would be a 10.
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