Eugène Atget
Maison coin Boulevard de la Madeleine et [rue de la] Caumartin, disparu ou modifiéDecember, 1908

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Artist or Maker: Eugène Atget
Title: Maison coin Boulevard de la Madeleine et [rue de la] Caumartin, disparu ou modifié
Place Made: France
Date Made: December, 1908
Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 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)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number: M.2004.37
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Curatorial Notes: 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.