Photo of Eugène Atget, Cour de Rohan

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Artist



Description	French photographer
Date of birth/death	12 February 1857	4 August 1927
Location of birth/death	Libourne	Paris
Authority control	: Q322030 VIAF: 6700 ISNI: 0000 0001 1034 3996 ULAN: 500008199 LCCN: n79063196 NLA: 35225559 WorldCat

Title

Cour de Rohan

Description

English: Eugène Atget made this moody study from a higher vantage point than he usually employed. This departure from his usual practice--a street-level perspective--suggests that he may have been commissioned to photograph this courtyard, where a leafless tree struggles upward as a living contrast to its crumbling surroundings. In a letter to the director of the École des Beaux-Arts, Atget declared that his collection, meaning his prints and negatives, included "all of Old Paris." To Atget, it was important not to record popular destinations and fashionable districts but to create "artistic documents . . . of old hotels" and "historic or curious houses." These urban views were ideal images for his "documents for artists," a collection of photographs available for purchase by artists as source material for their work.

Date

1922

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image: 22 x 18 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

Current location

Getty Center

	Native name	Getty Center
	Parent institution	J. Paul Getty Museum
	Location	Los Angeles
	Coordinates	34° 04′ 39″ N, 118° 28′ 30″ W
	Established	1997
	Website	https://www.getty.edu/museum/
	Authority control	: Q29247 VIAF: 133364221 GND: 10081052-4 SUDOC: 050172751 BNF: 13340183q

Accession number

84.XM.1034.8

Inscriptions

Inscription:(erroneous) Title and negative number 6333 inscribed verso print in pencil.

Source/Photographer

The Getty Center, Object 62232

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