Street Musicians

1898-1899, printed 1956

Eugène Atget

Artist, French, 1857 - 1927

Berenice Abbott

Printer, American, 1898 - 1991

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Eric R. Fox)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 21.59 × 16.51 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
    mount: 33 × 25.4 cm (13 × 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4351

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Berenice Abbott, New York, 1956; Eric R. Fox, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA), 1985; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by Berenice Abbott in printer's stamp in black ink: Berenice Abbott; lower center, printer's stamp in black ink, inside rectangle: PHOTOGRAPH BY EUGENE ATGET / PRINTED BY BERENICE ABBOTT / [line] / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED; lower center stamped: 16; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1985.26.2

Wikidata ID

Q64147464

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