Description:
Eugène Atget (1857-1927)
Two Photographs: St. Lazare, Faubourg St. Denis and Hôtel de Lauzun, Quaid'Anjou, c. 1900. Unsigned, inscribed with location and numbered "...3971" and "...4981," respectively, in pencil on the verso, St. Lazare stamped "E. ATGET/Rue Campagne-Première, 17bis" in ink on the verso l.r. Albumen silver prints from glass plate negatives, image/sheet sizes to 8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm),unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Scattered minor handling crimps, fading and yellowing.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
The prints are unmounted.
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