Au Petit Dunkerque, 3 quai Conti

1900

Eugène Atget

Associated Names
Eugène Atget

Artist, French, 1857 - 1927

This is a photograph of a detailed architectural feature above an entrance. The image captures a wooden facade with a relief sculpture of a sailing ship with multiple sails. Below the ship is a horizontal panel with the inscription "AU PETIT DUNKERQUE." Additional ornaments with carvings of leaves and floral motifs surround the sculpture. Vertical bars or columns are visible to the right. Rich textures and shadows enhance the architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.9 x 21.8 cm (7 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.73.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Berenice Abbott and Julien Levy, New York, NY, 1927; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1968; (David Tunick Ltd., New York, NY, 2001); NGA purchase, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg. The Work of Atget: Vol. 2, The Art of Old Paris. New York, 1982, pl. 61 (variant), p. 180.

Inscriptions

lower right in negative: 6224; center verso: artist's stamp; center right verso in graphite: Au Petit Dunkerque / quai Conti; lower right verso in graphite: 6229; by later hand, center right verso in graphite: #3

Wikidata ID

Q64147396

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