Tag Archives: Eugène Atget

Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (5)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Hotel de Bourbon Busset, 118 Rue de Grenelle, 1898-1927 (2011.52.13) Google Street View, 118 Rue de Grenelle, May 2018 Sadly this magnificent and leonine door knocker appears to no longer exist dans la nature… Eugène Atget, Heurtoir, 18 … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (4)

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Heurtoir, Hotel de Conflans, 24 Rue de l’Universite, 1909 (2008.111.37) Google Street View, 24 Rue de l’Université, April 2018 Fortunately this magnificent door knocker, painted blue, (and there’s a pair of them!) appears to still exist in the … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (3)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Door Knocker, Hotel Jean de Fourcy, 30 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois 30, Paris, 1908 (2011.52.17) Google Street View, 30 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, August 2017 Sadly this magnificent door knocker appears to no longer exist in the wild. (Although it … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (2)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Hôtel de Chateaubriand (Hôtel de Clermont-Tonnerre,) 120 Rue du Bac, 1901-02 (2008.111.21) Google Street View, 120 Rue du Bac, July 2016 Fortunately this magnificent door knocker, partially painted red, appears to still exist in the wild. Eugène Atget, … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Magnificent Door Knockers (1)

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget, Heurtoir de Hôtel du Maréchal de Montmorency, Rue de Varenne 57, 1900 (2008.111.18) When Atget sold a print of this photograph to the BNVP, his description of the work read “Rue de Varenne, 57 (7e Arr)–Hotel du Marcechal … Continue reading →

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Trees by Atget

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Trianon, 1910-14 (Printed 1910-27) (2008.111.7) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Parc de Saint-Cloud, 1915 (Printed 1915-27) (2010.114.7) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Arbres, 1910-15 (printed 1910-27) (2009.79.6) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Pommier, ca. 1898-1900 (printed 1898-27) (2009.79.8) This is a blog post … Continue reading →

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Belles Fontaines

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Fontaine Colbert, Rue Colbert 6, 1907-08 (Printed 1907-27) (2008.111.33) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Ancienne Fountaire Saint-Benoit, 1624, aujord’hui College de France, 1898-1927 (2011.52.12) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Le Chateau de Versailles, 1898-1927 (2011.52.26) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Juvisy, Fontaine, Pont … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Atget’s Gardens

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Christopher George

Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Saint-Cloud, 1922-27 (printed 1922-27) (2009.79.11) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), [The park at Saint-Cloud], 1905-15 (Printed 1919-27) (2008.112.15) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Versailles – Vase par Ballin, 1902 (2012.100.9) Eugène Atget (1857-1927), Versailles, Fontaine de Diane (détail), 1901 (Printed 1901-27) … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Escher

Posted on April 24, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

Eugène Atget, Escalier 25 rue des Blancs-Manteaux, 1903-04 (2008.112.21) Eugène Atget (1857-1927) was a none-too-successful actor and painter before he became a photographer in the late 1880s. He focused on documenting Paris and its surroundings, for a while specializing in old … Continue reading →

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Atget’s Port Dauphine

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Patricia Silva

Eugène Atget, Port Dauphine, 1913 (2009.79.5) An astute documenter of Parisian urbanity, Eugène Atget also photographed the city’s fortifications in 1913. Under Louis XIV, fortress walls were destroyed in 1670 but fears of German invasion led to defense commissions in the 1830s. … Continue reading →

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