Étang de Corot, Ville-d'Avray (Corot's Pond, Ville-d'Avray), 1900-1910

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

overall: 16.3 x 22.2 cm (6 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.2

Artists / Makers

Eugène Atget (artist) French, 1857 - 1927

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in negative: 678; all on mount: center verso in graphite: Etang - Ville d'Avray / 678; center verso stamped in black ink: PHOTO E. ATGET / COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT / 1 W. 67th ST.

Provenance

Julien Levy; (Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA, 1983); Carleton Willers; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1983, no. 25); (Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY); David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA, 1990; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

Exhibition History

1995: The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

1999: Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, as Corot's Pond, Ville-d'Avray.

2000: Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2015: In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1981: Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg. The Work of Atget: Volume I: Old France. New York, 1982: pl. 106.

1983: Sotheby's (9 November 1983), no. 25.