Pendant l'eclipse (During the Eclipse)
Artist
Eugène Atget
(French, 1857 - 1927)
Printer
Berenice Abbott
(American, 1898 - 1991)
Date1912 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print, gold toned
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (17.5 × 23.2 cm)
Support: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Jean Neininger, 1989
Object number1989.166.31
DescriptionCrowd watching solar eclipse, lamp post left center, iron railing right, Mansard-roofed buildings (one with "Charles Bastille" sign) in the background. Each person is holding a darkened glass viewing slide to their eyes.On View
Not on view
