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EUGÈNE ATGET
(1857–1927)
›Lichtbilder‹, Verlag
Henri Jonquières,
Paris and Leipzig 1930
First German edition, limited
to 1000 copies, this is No. 1/1000,
hardcover with full gray cloth,
27,2 × 21,2 cm (10.7 × 8.3 in),
printed in photogravure by Kreysing /
Leipzig, fold-out printed list of picture
titles taped to inside rear cover
* € 700 / € 1.000–1.200

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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)
Salon Figaro Populaire‹, Boulevard de
la Villette 122, Paris 1924/25
Gelatin silver print, printed by Berenice Abbott
in the 1930s 18,4 × 24,6 cm (7.2 × 9.7 in)
Annotated »Photo E. Atget, Col B. Abbott« in an
old handwriting on the reverse, »Credit Halberstadt
Collection« stamp on the reverse
PROVENANCE
This print was made by Abbott prior to 1935 and given
to writer Ferdinand Reyher about 1936/37; Addison
Gallery Atget show in 1947; around 1950 purchased by
Ernst Halberstadt (cousin of Reyher)
LITERATURE
John Szarkowski (ed.), The Work of Atget, The
Museum of Modern Art, New York 1983, Vol. IV, pl. 57;
Henri Jonquières (ed.), Eugène Atget. Lichtbilder,
Paris / Leipzig 1930, pl. 61.
€ 1.600 / € 2.500–3.000

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BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
In a brothel, Rue Quincampoix, Paris 1932
Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s
35,9 × 26 cm (14.1 × 10.2 in)
Signed by the photographer in ink in the margin,
his copyright stamp on the reverse
€ 3.800 / € 7.000–9.000

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