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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927)
Lot 334 The Collection of Mildred S. and Herbert C. Lee

EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927)

Pendant l'Éclipse, 1912

Closed5 October 2012

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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927)
Pendant l'Éclipse, 1912
printing-out paper
reversed number '891' (in the negative), typed credit label affixed (on the mount); title, various annotations in an unknown hand in pencil and credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount)
image/sheet: 6 7/8 x 8¾in. (17.5 x 22.3cm.)
mount: 7¾ x 9¾in. (19.7 x 24.7cm.)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York;
to the present owner, 2002

Specialist note

When Man Ray selected this photograph for the cover of La Révolution Surréaliste, Atget asked that his credit not appear. He said that his photographs are only 'documents for artists.'