Versailles, Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1904, No. 6483
Albumen silver print from glass negative, from the artist's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles. Annotated in Atget's hand in pencil on verso "Versailles - Bosquet de L'arc de Triomphe - La France par Tuby" (sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Tuby), with his inventory number "6483"; 1904; 8 1/2 x 7 inches (215 x 178 mm). Ex. collection Phiadelphia Museum of Art, with their accession number in pencil crossed out verso lower left. In fine condition.
The glass plate for this photograph was sold in 1920 as part of Atget’s Art in Old Paris series, one of approximately 2,600 images acquired by the Service Photographique des Monuments Historiques. These photographs are now held by the French Ministry of Culture at the Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie in Yvelines, near Versailles.[https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH00087788].
Condition: Fine.
Item number: 91
Price: $3,000.00
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