Solförmörkelse, Paris
by Eugène Atget
Artist
Eugène Atget
(Frankrike, 1857 - 1927)
CopyistFramställt av
Berenice Abbott
(USA, 1898 - 1991)
Alternate Title
- Solar Eclipse, Paris
Dateca 1910/ca 1965
MediumGelatinsilverfotografi monterat på kartong
DimensionsBildmått: 17 × 22,3 cm
Pappersmått: 31,8 × 25,3 × 0,6 cm
Passepartout: 40 × 50 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 1980
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:4
Object NumberFM 1980 012 002
About the artworkOn 17 April 1912, a crowd gathered at the Place de la Bastille in Paris to watch a solar eclipse. Instead of photographing the eclipse itself, Eugène Atget chose to take a picture of the spectators. Methodically, on long walks through Paris, Atget had in 1899 begun photographing district after district, producing tens of thousands of pictures, an invaluable documentation of the Paris that was on the verge of disappearing. In 1926, Surrealist artist Man Ray used this image on the cover of La Révolution Surréaliste, a subversive magazine that explored the nature of existence in a pseudo-scientific format. The mysticism of the image – people looking at something invisible – suited the Surrealists’ interest in the irrational. Atget was not discovered until just before he died but has posthumously come to be regarded as a pioneer of modern documentary photography.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Stämpel på baksidan som anger att bilden är kopierad av Berenice Abbot. Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ögats åtrå: Fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling (1998-2002) Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Ögats åtrå : fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling : [29 augusti - 15 november 1998]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Stämpel på baksidan som anger att bilden är kopierad av Berenice Abbot. Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ögats åtrå: Fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling (1998-2002) Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Ögats åtrå : fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling : [29 augusti - 15 november 1998]