EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927) Salón Figaro Populaire, Boulevard de la Villette 122, Paris 1924-25

Gelatin silver print, printed by Berenice Abbott in the 1930s 18,4 x 24,6 cm Annotated “Photo E. Atget, Col B. Abbott” in an old handwriting on the reverse, “Credit Halberstadt Collection” stamp on the reverse PROVENANCE This print was made by Abbott prior to 1935 and given on loan to writer Ferdinand Reyher (husband of Eileen Chang) about 1936/37. Then it was in the Addison Gallery Atget show in 1947. About 1950 the print was purchased by Ernst Halberstadt (cousin of Reyher) LITERATURE John Szarkowski (ed.), The Work of Atget, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1983, Vol. IV, pl. 57; Henri Jonquières (ed.), Eugène Atget. Lichtbilder, Paris / Leipzig 1930, pl. 61.