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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, The Pont Neuf - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en In this meditative image boats moored near the Pont Neuf the oldest existing bridge across the River Seine rest on still water By the time Eugène Atget created this photograph he had previously documented the embankments and quays along this section of the river and their attendant commerce While the earlier images possess a clearly documentary purpose this image reflects Atget's interest in mood here effected by the palpable damp rising from the water The shift from prosaic to poetic studies in Atget's work reflected a change in his sensibility after World War I Although the mood in these two styles of photography differs both would have been appropriate for Atget to market to his artist-clients for use as source material 1923 Gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print Image 17 9 x 22 9 cm 7 1/16 x 9 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 69978 Markings Photographer's wet stamp verso print Inscription Inscribed verso print in pencil title and negative number 6416 Secondary Inscription Inscribed verso print in pencil in later hand dealer's inventory number and 650 840 credit line accession number 90 XM 64 18 PD-old-auto 1927 1923 in Paris 1923 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Boats in Paris Historical images of Pont Neuf | ||||
