Eugène Atget (1857–1927) took up photography in the late 1880s, turning his camera on Paris in 1898. The French photographer captured Parisian streetscapes, shop fronts, and architectural details in a straight, documentary style, in contrast to the Pictorialist trend that was popular at the time.
Atget made beautiful and sensitive documents and by the early 1920s, up until his death, his works became increasingly expressive and metaphorical and were championed by the Surrealists for their poetic and haunting mood.
Thanks to the support of American photographer Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), Atget became recognized as one of the great early modern photographers, documenting Paris painstakingly on meanderings throughout the City of Light into the 20th century.
Abbott is famous for her black-and-white photographs of New York City. She also created a large body of portraits that she made in Paris. Abbott found inspiration in Atget's Parisian streetscapes, an influence that would carry over into her work and the series “Changing New York” (1935-38). A major body of Abbott’s work was made during the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project.
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Versailles, Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1904, No. 6483
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen silver print from glass negative, 8 1/2 x 7 inches (215 x 178 mm). From the artist's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles. Annotated in Atget's hand in pencil o...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Rue St. Denis et Cossounerie
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of the print.
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Untitled ~ Door with Display Case
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of print.
Price Upon Request
Louvre, Salle Egyptienne
By Eugène Atget
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled on back of the print.
Emma in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, April 1984
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Emma in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, 1984 Pão de Açucar, (Sugarloaf Mountain), Rio’s defining landmark looms in the background. Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 14" x 14.5...
Platinum
$3,250
H 10 in W 8 in
Pork Chop Figure Diving Into Frying Pan, Mid-20th Century Print
Located in Camden, ME
Henry Rox (1899–1967) A Pork Chop Figure Diving Into A Frying Pan c. 1940–1945 Vintage silver gelatin print 8 x 10 inches Estate stamp verso No known negatives extant This 8 x 10 in...
Silver Gelatin
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.25 in W 11.25 in D 1 in
The Foundry - Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
High contrast photo by Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997). The photo shows a hot bar of metal on a large machine, about to be worked. The metal is g...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$700
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.02 in
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Archival Photograph by Getty 30 x 40
Located in San Rafael, CA
An iconic image. Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) As ...
Photographic Paper
$1,800
H 9 in W 5 in
"Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear" Frontispiece Silver Gelatin Print 1935/ 1940
Located in Camden, ME
Henry Rox (1899–1967) Frontispiece Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear by James Laver. Jonathan Cape, London, 1936 Negative 1935 (print c. 1940) Vintage silver gelatin print 8.25 x 6 inches V...
Silver Gelatin
$3,200
H 10 in W 6 in
Art Critic with De Stijl Head Structure Before Post-War Abstract Painting c.1948
Located in Camden, ME
Henry Rox (1899–1967) Art Critic with De Stijl Structure From Photo-Sculpture: Reflections on Modern Art c. 1948 Vintage silver gelatin print 8 × 10 inches Estate stamp verso Descr...
Silver Gelatin
Eggs and Slicer
By Edward Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) Eggs and Slicer, 1930 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Cole Weston; signed, titled, dated and numbered '3E' by Cole Weston in pencil and 'Ed...
Silver Gelatin
$375
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.02 in
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Archival Photograph by Getty 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
An iconic image. Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) As ...
Photographic Paper
$350
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.02 in
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Archival Photograph by Getty 16 x 20
Located in San Rafael, CA
An iconic image. Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) As ...
Photographic Paper
$12,000
H 14 in W 14 in
Martha Graham with Madonna & Calvin Klein at New York City Center, October 1990
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
Martha Graham at New York City Center after her final onstage bow - backstage with Madonna and Calvin Klein, October 1990 "Martha was my godmother, and she was posing." - JB Photog...
Platinum
$2,350
H 39 in W 39 in D 0.1 in
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
By Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Women" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by t...
Photographic Paper
$2,250
H 39 in W 39 in D 0.1 in
"Peekaboo" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Ed. of 3 by Olha Stepanian
By Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Peekaboo" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Ed. of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the ...
Photographic Paper
![Untitled [Modern Interior]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/eugene-atget-photography-untitled-modern-interior-for-sale/a_9323/1527798356164/Atget_Modern_Interior_1stdibs_master.jpg?width=240)
Untitled [Modern Interior]
By Eugène Atget
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print made by Berenice Abbott Signed in pencil by Berenice Abbott, verso 10 x 8 inches, sheet size 9.25 x 7 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, l...
Silver Gelatin
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H 7 in W 8.5 in
Entrée del la Cour 29 Rue Broca, 5ème arrondissement. Atget negative no. 1296
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen print on thin photographic paper (printed out from glass plate); 7 x 8 5/8 inches (178 x 219 mm). Marked by the photographer in pencil on verso "Entrance to the Courtyard at ...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Versailles Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1904, No. 6479
By Eugène Atget
Located in Middletown, NY
Albumen silver print from glass negative, from the Atget's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles, annotated in the artist's hand in pencil ...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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Untitled [On the Marne]
By Eugène Atget
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print made by Berenice Abbott Signed in pencil by Berenice Abbott, verso 8 x 10 inches, sheet size 7 x 9.25 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, l...
Silver Gelatin