Prostitutes, rue Asselin, 1924-1925

Details

EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927)
Prostitutes, rue Asselin, 1924-1925
gelatin silver printing out print
signed, annotated '17 bis rue Campagne Première' in ink (on the recto); titled, partially numbered '47' pencil and credit stamp (on the verso); accompanied by a letter, dated 1909 and annotated extensively in an unknown hand in ink (on carte postale)
9 x 7in. (23 x 17.8cm.)

Literature

Trottenberg, ed., A Vision of Paris, The Macmillan Company, 1963, p. 93; Szarkowski and Hambourg, The Work of Atget: Volume IV. Modern Times, The Museum of Modern Art, 1985, p. 104, pl. 68; Szarkowski, Atget, The Museum of Modern Art Callaway, 2000, p. 125, pl. 52

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Lot Essay

The lot is accompanied by a letter, dated December 14, 1909, handwritten in ink by an (unsurprisingly) anonymous author to the local doctor, Monsieur Brâlès: 'J'ai le regret de vous annoncer que j'ai attraper un bouton sur la verge après avoir fait l'amour avec 3 putains du 92 rue de Provence et 2 putains du 122. Examinez bien ces dames de façon qu'elles ne contaminent pas les vieux employés de chemin de fer comme moi qui désirent profiter de leur retraite.'

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