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20 Photographs by Eugène Atget: 1856-1927
1956 · 20 Gelatin silver prints, printed by Berenice Abbott
cover 13 1/2 × 10 1/2" (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Eugène Atget
1857–1927
WA-00021523
PhotographySurrealismPhotography
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
5104
Works in Collection
10166
Assets Indexed
3
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (2)
Field Verification (3 fields)
1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy· 85%
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
About
Why this artist matters now
Eugène Atget was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, determined to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death. Though he sold his work to artists and craftspeople, and became an inspiration for the surrealists, he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Surrealism
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Photography
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Artworks (5104)
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Artwork sources (6)
861 published of 1000 catalogued · 582 with image
- MoMA846 publishedof 982 catalogued564 img
- Nga9 published9 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published3 img
- The Met2 published2 img
- Rijksmuseum1 published1 img
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7 entries · 2 sources
- 1902 · Cleveland · 6 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_numberWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1900 · Rijksmuseum · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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8Institutional
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Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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