LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Matte albumen print.

Size Notes:

6 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (16.8 x 21.6 cm)

Edition:

Numbered '601' in the negative; 'Photo E. Atget, Collection Berenice Abbott, 1 W. 67th St.' copyright stamp, titled, annotated '601' in an unidentified hand in pencil and with a typed title label on the reverse of the mount.

Description:

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Condition:

Warm toned print on matte paper without margins, mounted to board. No surface aberrations visible. Grading the tonality of this print on a scale of 1 to 10 -- a 10 being a print with deep, rich dark tones and highlights that retain all of their original detail -- this print rates a 9. Light, minor areas of soiling and wear on the mount, bumped corners, drymount tissue remains on the reverse of the mount, all on the mount, not affecting the image.

Literature:

Szarkowski, The Work of Atget: Volume I, Old France, pl. 2
Szarkowski, Atget, pl. 2

Provenance:

Collection of Berenice Abbott, New York<br />Carlton Gallery, New York<br />Collection of John Glasse, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1979<br />By descent to the present owner