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| Keywords: Eugène Atget, Vieille Cour, 22 rue Quincampoix - Getty Museum.jpg Artwork Creator Eugène Atget fr Vieille Cour 22 rue Quincampoix en Residents surrounding this narrow passageway provided few signs of their domestic lives for the photographer to record Baskets and a few rags hang out of the uppermost window while two people below observe Eugène Atget making this picture On a windowsill to the right houseplants bask in the sunlight invading the tall shaftway Although people inevitably ambled in and out of this courtyard dropping off and picking up their ironing at the most pleasant ironers the absence of activity when this picture was created conveys a stark sense of gloominess The weather-beaten facades and the rubbish bins at the left further underscore this impression During the time that it took to record the details of this space on Atget's glass plate negative the brightness of the sunlight from the street outside caused overexposure of the view through the portal or 1908 1912 Albumen silver print Image 22 1 x 17 5 cm 8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in Institution Getty Museum object history exhibition history other versions 40280 Inscribed verso print in pencil title and negative number 346 - See more at http //search getty edu/museum/records/musobject objectid 40280 sthash 7TwWRnjB dpuf credit line accession number 86 XM 628 PD-old-auto 1927 Rue de Seine Paris Rue de l'Échaudé Paris Triangular buildings in Paris 1908 in Paris 1912 in Paris Photographs of Paris by Eugène Atget Photographs in the Getty Museum | ||||
