ATGET EUGÈNE (1856 1927) Hotel dArgenson rue de Grenelle 101

Sale 1981 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 4,830

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

ATGET, EUGÈNE (1856-1927)
"Hotel d'Argenson, rue de Grenelle 101." Albumen print, 81/2x7 inches (21.6x17.8 cm.), with Atget's caption and inventory number "5469," in pencil, on verso. Circa 1907

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After an early career in the theater, in the 1890s Atget began taking photographs using a large-format camera and heavy glass plate negatives--an anachronistic technique he employed for 30 years--advertising his pictures as "documents pour artistes." His favorite time of day was early morning, when the light was particularly clear and the streets empty. Although his images were mostly purchased by painters, today his work is prized by photographic collectors and afficionados of the City of Light. A master of the quotidian, Atget's scenes of shop windows, architectural facades, and interiors infuse the everyday with order and poetry.