Versailles

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Versailles

1923-1924

Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927)

Julien Levy collected numerous Atget photographs depicting sculptures of satyrs, fauns, Bacchus figures, and other devilish or handsome types. Like Atget's photographs of prostitutes, which Levy also collected, these records hum with an undercurrent of sexual energy, so important to the Surrealists. No doubt Levy also liked them because he fancied himself a great ladies' man.

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Object Details

Title:

Versailles

Date:

1923-1924

Artist:

Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927)

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image and sheet (irregular): 8 7/16 x 7 1/4 inches (21.5 x 18.4 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001

Accession Number:

2001-62-276

Geography:

Photograph taken in Versailles, France, Europe

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