Boulevard de Strasbourg, Corsets

1912, printed later

Eugène Atget

Associated Names
Eugène Atget

Artist, French, 1857 - 1927

Berenice Abbott

Printer, American, 1898 - 1991

This black-and-white photograph shows a storefront with multiple mannequins displayed in the window. The mannequins don't have heads or arms, and they show torsos with thin waists and round hips. Various corsets with bows and ruffles are arranged neatly on the mannequins seen through the windows. On the left, the door of the storefront is partially open, and one mannequin in a corset hangs in front of the door. The sign above reads "CORSETS," with smaller signage on the window and door. The window on the left of the door appears to show folded corsets or other corsetry accessories.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Berenice Abbott, New York; Marchal E. Landgren [d. 1983], Washington, DC and New York (through Julien Levy Gallery, New York); bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Exhibition History

2011

  • Framed: Street Photography from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3 – April 17, 2011

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in red ink: EUGENE ATGET PHOTOGRAPH / COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT; lower center: COPYRIGHT; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: 1983.65

Wikidata ID

Q64147462

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