Saint-Cloud
Artist
Eugène Atget
(French, 1857-1927)
CultureFrench
Date1924
MediumArrowroot print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
InscribedVerso, written in Atget's hand in pencil: S Cloud;
Ink Stamp: E. ATGET;
Rue Campagne-Pemiere 17;
In pencil: 1244 Dupe matted;
Lower right, in pencil: MOMA DUPE;
2002 SMM
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by Exchange
Object number2002.5.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an arrowroot print of a park scene in France. The light-colored curving border of the enclosed pond contrasts with the still dark water on the left, in the foreground. Trees line the background.ProvenanceEugene Atget; Berenice Abbott and Julian Levy, 1927-1968; sold to Museum of Modern Art, 1968-2002; Chrysler Museum of Art purchase, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by Exchange, 2002. Published ReferencesJohn Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg, _The Work Of Atget, Volume III: Ancien Régime_ (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1983), 100, pl. 64. ISBN: 0-87070-217-3 Chrysler Museum, "Chrysler Museum of Art Acquires Rare Atget Photographs," http://news.amn.org/amn_home.jsp, Art Museum Network News, October 18, 2002: http://news.amn.org/press.jsp?id=1105.
