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Eugene Atget

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)
Dateca. 1927; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (23.97 × 19.05 cm)
Mount: 16 1/16 × 14 inches (40.8 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.642
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "BERENICE ABBOTT"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, bottom, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH / BERENICE ABBOTT / ABBOTT, MAINE 04406"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionProfile portrait of an older man (Eugene Atget). He is wearing a wool coat, and his right hand is resting on his knee.Exhibition History
The Human Expression: 20th Century Photographs. Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX, November 17, 1982 – January 16, 1983, no cat.
Provenance
With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 1974;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics
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