Notre-Dame depuis le quai de la Tournelle

1923
Not on view
Atget likely avoided Notre Dame during his early career as it was already well documented by other photographers. In his old age, however, he worked more for his own pleasure and during the last five years of his life photographed the cathedral regularly. He always viewed it in an eccentric way—either in the distance, as here, or in detail.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Notre-Dame depuis le quai de la Tournelle
  • Artist: Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris)
  • Date: 1923
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 17.6 × 22.1 cm (6 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
    Sheet: 18.2 × 22.1 cm (7 3/16 in., 22.1 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joseph M. Cohen Gift, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.520
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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