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Ancien Hôtel Gaillardon, cour, 27 quai d’ Anjou
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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- negative 1914; print 1978
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 3fdb015b-3b07-4c54-8397-f393324200d5
View of a cobblestoned entranceway, possibly the delivery entrance to a building. The overhead ceiling features decorative arches. To the right of the entrance is a stairwell with windows. At the end of the entranceway is an open door leading to a street.
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