The Basket Merchant
Artist
Eugène Atget
(French, 1857-1927)
Publisher
Berenice Abbott
(American, 1898-1991)
CultureFrench
Date1899-1900
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (21.9 × 17.1 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.3 × 25.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 16 in. (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.3 × 25.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 16 in. (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2207.35
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photograph depicting a street vendor and a young woman with several other people also in the picture. It is printed by Berenice Abbott.Exhibition History"History of Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfollk, VA, June 15, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Published ReferencesJohn Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg, _The Work of Atget, Volume IV: Modern Times_ (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1985), 161, fig.14. ISBN: 0-87070-218-1 A print of this photograph Ben Lifson, _Eugéne Atget_ (New York: Aperture, 1980), 61. ISBN: 0-89381-052-5 A print of this photograph
