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Au Panier Fleuri, 8 Boulevard de la Chapelle
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
- 18092fb0-0506-4dad-aaf2-519cc31dad5d
View of shopfronts, taken from a paved street. On the left is a restaurant with the words "VINS" and "BIERE" painted on the facade. Curtains with a curlicued pattern cover the windows and double doors. The adjacent shop bears the painted sign "PANIER FLEURI Aline". Photographic postcards are on display in the front window. Above the shops is a row of double windows.
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