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This is a photograph of a shop window displaying a mannequin dressed in plain clothing. The mannequin features a long-sleeved shirt with a collar and buttons down the front, paired with simple pants. The attire appears to be constructed from a light-colored fabric. In the background and adjacent to the mannequin, the shop window contains various retail items, including metallic cups, packages of goods, and hanging items like belts or straps.
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This is a photograph of a shop window displaying a mannequin dressed in plain clothing. The mannequin features a long-sleeved shirt with a collar and buttons down the front, paired with simple pants. The attire appears to be constructed from a light-colored fabric. In the background and adjacent to the mannequin, the shop window contains various retail items, including metallic cups, packages of goods, and hanging items like belts or straps.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Avenue des Gobelins

Eugène Atget

Date
1925-1927, printed later
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 23.18 × 17.5 cm (9 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2015.19.4312
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Marchal E. Landgren, 1983)
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • gelatin silver print
  • Paris
  • Urban scene
  • streetscape
  • architecture
Provenance

Berenice Abbott, New York; Marchal E. Landgren [d. 1983], Washington, DC and New York (through Julien Levy Gallery, New York); bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: 158; center stamped in black ink: PHOTO E. ATGET / COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT / 13 W. 67th ST. / COPYRIGHT; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, center right in graphite: 1983.66; bottom right: 1983.66

NGA object ID 196208. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.