Parisians Observing an Eclipse
Artist
Eugène Atget
(French, 1857-1927)
Publisher
Berenice Abbott
(American, 1898-1991)
CultureFrench
Date1912
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (16.8 × 23.2 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2207.33
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print depicting people in Paris observing an eclipse; it was printed by Berenice Abbott.Label TextEugène Atget French, 1857–1927 Parisians Observing an Eclipse, 1912 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Printed by Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2207.33 Exhibition History"Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesBen Lifson, _Eugéne Atget_ (New York: Aperture, 1980), 13. ISBN: 0-89381-052-5 A print of this photograph Susan Laxton, _Paris as Gameboard: Man Ray's Atgets_ (New York: Wallach Art Gallery, 2002), pl. 3. ISBN: 1-884919-12-X A print of this photograph Clark Worswick, _Berenice Abbott & Eugéne Atget_ (Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 2002), pl. 6. ISBN: 1-892041-63-4 A print of this photograph
