Tuileries - Coureuse / par Lepautre
Eugène Atget
French, 1857–1927
1911-12
An albumen silver photograph by Eugène Atget that calmly records the garden statue 'Coureuse' in the Tuileries, part of his project to document Paris’s streets, parks, and monuments with documentary clarity.
What strikes you is the statue's frozen, forward motion—one foot lifted, drapery clinging to the body—set in muted sepia against a foggy avenue of bare trees and an empty promenade, merging stillness and implied movement.
Atget's patient, archival images helped redefine photography as a means of preserving urban memory and everyday detail, influencing later modernists and the rise of documentary practice in art.
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Approx. 8 11/16 × 7 1/16" (22 × 18 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Abbott-Levy Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Shirley C. Burden, and Family of Man Fund
Accession
1.1969.2749
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