EUGÈNE ATGET

Details
EUGÈNE ATGET

Versailles, Maison Close, Petit Place (Prostitute in Doorway)

Gold-toned albumen silver print. 1921. Titled, numbered 11 and annotated 17 bis in pencil in Atget's hand and Rue Campagne Première credit stamp on the verso. 9 1/8 x 7in. Framed.
Provenance
Ex-collection Romi, Paris
Literature
The World of Atget, Volume IV, Modern Times, p. 103, pl. 67; Masters of Photography, p. 96.

Lot Essay

The few images of prostitutes made by Atget were photographed in the brothels of Versailles, this one probably as part of his Old Paris/Landscape Documents. His series of prostitutes and brothels has been documented to be brief with possibly only as much as a dozen negatives ever made. Prints of this subject are scarce. (cf. The Work of Atget, Modern Times, p. 170).