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Hôtel d'Albret, 31 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
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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- 1898
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- d13e87a1-7add-4972-bab8-efa30ee6a680
From the Getty Museum record
View of a paved urban street. A horse bearing a cart loaded with crates and baskets stands outside a three-storey building. Businesses occupy the ground floor of the building. A shop sign next to the entrance to the building reads "A.J. KORNREICH / FONDÉE EN 1867 / FOURNITURES / POUR / CASQUETTE / FABRIQUE". To the left of the entrance, passersby peek into a shop window.
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