Étang de Corot, Ville-d'Avray (Corot's Pond, Ville-d'Avray)

1900-1910

Eugène Atget

Artist, French, 1857 - 1927

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.3 x 22.2 cm (6 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julien Levy; (Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA, 1983); Carleton Willers; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1983, no. 25); (Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY); David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA, 1990; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, as Corot's Pond, Ville-d'Avray.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1981

  • Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg. The Work of Atget: Volume I: Old France. New York, 1982: pl. 106.

1983

  • Sotheby's (9 November 1983), no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower left in negative: 678; all on mount: center verso in graphite: Etang - Ville d'Avray / 678; center verso stamped in black ink: PHOTO E. ATGET / COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT / 1 W. 67th ST.

Wikidata ID

Q64147388

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