Tuileries -- Femme Drapée. Copie de l'antique

Eugène Atget

1911

An albumen silver print photograph of a draped female statue (a copy of an antique) in the Tuileries Garden, made to quietly record Paris’s public sculptures with precise, documentary clarity.

The sculpted figure’s classical contrapposto and cascades of carved fabric dominate the frame, lifted on a pedestal against a pale sky while leafless trees and garden alleys fade into the background.

Atget’s methodical photographs transformed everyday monuments into a visual archive, bridging documentary practice and modern art while preserving Parisian streets and statuary for later generations.

Palette

Exhibitions

French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

1945

The Work of Atget: The Art of Old Paris

1982

Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Prints

1979

The Work of Atget: The Ancien Régime

1985