MAKE A MEME View Large Image Eugène Atget, Antique Store, 21 Faubourg St.-Honoré - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en This study of a shop window in Paris unites interior with exterior in an intriguing juxtaposition of reflections and objects The sidewalk which is ...
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Keywords: Eugène Atget, Antique Store, 21 Faubourg St.-Honoré - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en This study of a shop window in Paris unites interior with exterior in an intriguing juxtaposition of reflections and objects The sidewalk which is completely overexposed in the foreground is revealed in detail in the reflection of the shop window A clear depiction of the photographer at work is also evident Eugène Atget appears in profile standing at his camera in the lower-center pane of the shop window as though he is a miniature automaton prominently placed for sale It is almost impossible in fact to tell where the reflection of the street ends and the contents of the shop begin A lamppost appears to be up for sale alongside a mantel clock; a wagon wheel is displayed just under a cherub to the right of the vases The overlapping of the contents of the antique store with the everyday objects of the rapidly urbanizing city suggests that Atget was making a commentary about the reduction of Old Paris into nothing more than a collection of curios circa 1902 Albumen silver print Image 21 7 x 17 9 cm 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 70733 Inscription Inscribed verso print in pencil title and negative number 4556 Secondary Inscription Inscribed verso print in red crayon in unknown hand dealer's inventory number 10 credit line accession number 90 XM 120 PD-old-auto 1927 1902 in Paris 1902 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Antique shops in Paris Shop windows in Paris Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré Paris
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