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Versailles, femme et soldat, maison close
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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- 1921
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- e6bb3b00-ddc7-4783-aea2-abaff651d01c
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View of a woman in a light-coloured dress, stockings, and heels standng in the entrance to a building, in front of a door that is slightly ajar. She wears a ring on one finger and faces the photographer. To her left is a soldier wearing knee-high boots and a cap, standing on a cobblestoned street and leaning against the building.
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