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[Portrait of Eugène Atget]
Creator
Berenice AbbottAmerican Photographer · 1898–1991
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- negative 1927; print later
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 37b66a45-312e-4fcc-9137-e26a4b4ec1a0
Profile portrait of Atget seated on a stool. He is wearing a heavy overcoat.
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