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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, Secondhand Book Dealer, place de la Bastille - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork Creator Eugène Atget en This secondhand book dealer on the place de la Bastille was so engaged in reading from her merchandise that she ignored Eugène Atget as he made this photograph The books--arranged on the stand in side-by-side receding rows or lying flat against the front or piled on top of one another--create a dynamic geometrical composition that is further underscored by Atget's diagonal perspective Traditionally used books have been sold in Paris from stands like these which are closed at night and during wet weather This vendor used stacks of books rather than struts to hold the stand's lids aloft When she was ready to close up the dealer would fold the lids down and the fronts upward The famous Bastille prison that stood nearby once housed prohibited books which were considered as dangerous as its other occupants persons charged with crimes against the Crown Mobs destroyed the hated structure at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 1910 - 1911 Albumen silver print Image 17 1 x 22 9 cm 6 3/4 x 9 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 62227 Markings Atget wet stamp verso print in black ink Other Markings Berenice Abbott Paris wet stamp verso print in purple ink Inscription Negative number 226 and title inscribed verso print in pencil credit line accession number 84 XM 1034 3 PD-old-auto 1927 Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum Bookshops in Paris Historical images of Place de la Bastille Colonne de Juillet Bouquinistes in France Women at work in Paris Women at work in the 20th century Second-hand bookshops | ||||
