Live Auction 15992Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappé
EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)
Lot 329

EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)

Notre-Dame, 1923

Closed10 October 2017

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USD 68,750

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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)
Notre-Dame, 1923
printing-out paper print from glass negative
numbered '6412' (in the negative); stamped photographer's Rue Campagne-Première credit with '17 bis' in pencil, titled and numbered '6412' by the photographer in pencil, annotated 'MOMA Dupe 2002' and variously otherwise annotated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 in. (17.8 x 22.7 cm.)

Acquired from the artist's estate by Berenice Abbott (1898–1991);
acquired from the above by Julien Levy (1906–1981), 1930s;
acquired from the above by The Museum of Modern Art, New York (as the Abbott-Levy Collection), late 1960s;
David Tunick Fine Arts, New York;
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by a Private Collector, Houston;
Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs; Christie’s, New York, February 17, 2016, lot 17;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.