Maison coin Boulevard de la Madeleine et [rue de la] Caumartin, disparu ou modifié

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Maison coin Boulevard de la Madeleine et [rue de la] Caumartin, disparu ou modifié

France, December, 1908
Photographs
Albumen silver print
Image: 8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (22.23 × 18.1 cm) Primary support: 8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (22.23 × 18.1 cm) Secondary support: 12 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (30.8 × 25.72 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Ralph M. Parsons Fund (M.2004.37)
Photography
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Eugène Atget positioned his camera on a deserted Paris street corner to capture both facades of this corner building....
Eugène Atget positioned his camera on a deserted Paris street corner to capture both facades of this corner building. The deep shadow spreading over the right side of the building is the kind of detail that lends a surreal quality to some of Atget's photographs.
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