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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, Quai Conti 3 - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork en Au Petit Dunkerque a bar in Paris was bustling with business when Eugène Atget stood directly in front of the entrance to document it The name of the establishment is subordinated to the sailing ship above it a leftover from old Paris when many businesses advertised with images rather than words because of their largely illiterate clientele A trellis of grapes grows around the doorframe and heavily barred windows then a Parisian requirement for premises that sold alcohol By contrast the open door is a deep black chasm from which emerges a truncated headless ghost in a white shirt and waistcoat Due to their excessive motion during the exposure his head and legs have disappeared into a hopeless blur The striped fabric along the top left edge and the fringe on the folded-back awning across the top of the image create a frame for the facade 1900 Albumen silver print Image 20 8 x 17 9 cm 8 3/16 x 7 1/16 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 69917 Atget negative number inscribed in negative Title and negative number 4133 and Ancien magasin de bijouterie/de Marie Antoinette/au petit Dunkerque inscribed verso in pencil credit line accession number 90 XM 45 1 PD-old-auto 1927 1900 in Paris 1900 photographs Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Quai de Conti Paris Bars in Paris | ||||
