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Atget, Eugene
French (1857-1927)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Avenue de l'Observatoire
PUBLISHED TITLE: Coiffeur, avenue de l'Observatoire
ALBUM TITLE: "Photo Album - E. Atget coll. Man Ray 1926"

1926
silver printing-out paper print
18.0 x 22.4 cm. (trimmed)
Museum Purchase: ex-collection Man Ray
GEH NEG: 11426
76:0118:0018

OLD GEH NUMBER: 3273-A
NON-GEH NUMBER: Atget # 118 (PP)

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Newhall, Beaumont & Newhall, Nancy. --Masters of Photography.-- US, NY, New York: George Braziller, 1958. p. 98.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 245.//
Gunther, Thomas Michael. --Photographies. "Les photographies d'Atget achetées par Man Ray".-- Paris: Photographies., 1986 March. fig. 16.//
GEH submitted this image, among others, to the Museum Education Site Licensing Project - Round 1, 1994.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Eugene Atget", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"Eugene Atget", Japan, Tokyo, Printemps Ginza, April 25 - May 14, 1991.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(stamp) "E. Atget Rue Campagne-Premiere 17 bis"

NOTES: Title determined by Francoise Reynaud, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, during visit to IMP/GEH, December, 1985. Catalogued 2/86, JL/DZ. Published title from --The Work of Atget, Vol. IV--. Titled "Coiffeur - Avenue Observatoire" in --Masterpieces-- book.

SUBJECT: study, window display

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