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Compiègne-Vielle Maison rue des Lombards
Creator
Eugène AtgetFrench Photographer · 1857–1927
All works by this person →Eugène Atget never called himself a photographer; instead he preferred "author-producer." A private, almost reclusive man, Atget first tried his hand at painting and acting, then began to photograph *vieux Paris* (Old Paris) in 1898. He photographed in part to create "documents," as he called his photographs, of architecture and urban views, but he supported himself by selling these photographs to
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- 1910
- Medium
- Gold toned albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 962340e8-c8d2-4ce2-ac14-31f62dc37821
From the Getty Museum record
Eugène Atget had set out to Compiègne, just outside of Paris, to photograph its chateau and park but was clearly captivated by this humble establishment, so he photographed an unpretentious furniture shop. The figure of a craftsman chiseling a piece of wood informed the passerby that the site, once a residence, now housed a cabinetmaker. Used furniture, pictures, and statuary spill out of the crowded interior onto the sidewalk. Inside, clocks fill the shop window.
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