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9780876331897: Looking At Atget
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0876331894 ISBN 13: 9780876331897
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2005

Synopsis

Renowned for his alluring and provocative photographs of the monuments, interiors, streets, and people of Paris, Eugene Atget (1857--1927) was fascinated with the myriad materials, textures, surfaces, and details of his subjects. Although not well known in his own lifetime, his influential work now appears in almost all the world's major museums. This book, replete with exquisite reproductions of more than one hundred of Atget's photographs, features selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's highly prized collection, including at least ten previously unpublished images and two albums in which the photographer stored his own work. Peter Barberie explores the earliest and most compelling accounts of Atget's photography and recounts the efforts undertaken by photographer Berenice Abbott and art dealer Julien Levy--each with a different perspective on Atget's work--to bring his photographs to the United States and to promote his legacy. By analyzing how Atget assembled and organized his own albums, Barberie also offers fresh insights into how the photographer may have viewed his own work.

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About the Author

Peter Barberie is the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellow in Photography, Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0876331894
ISBN 13 
9780876331897
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
125