

53
Eugène Atget
Provins, Ramparts
1923
Albumen print.
7 x 8 1/2 in. (17.8 x 21.6 cm)
Numbered '7046' in the negative; titled, annotated '7046' in pencil, Museum of Modern Art deaccession notations and annotations in unidentified hands in pencil on the verso.
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“There was a sudden shock of recognition—the shock of realism unadorned. The subjects were not sensational, but nevertheless shocking in their very familiarity.”
Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott