Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

37 c EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927)/BERENICE ABBOTT (1891-1991) A selection of 17 (of 20) photographs from the portfolio entitled 20 Photographs of Eugène Atget, 1856-1927 . The prints were made by Abbott after Atget’s original negatives of Paris. Gold-toned silver prints, the images measuring 9x6 3 / 4 inches (22.9x17.1 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 13x10 inches (33x25.4 cm.), each with a stamped plate number on mount verso. Large 4to-sized gilt-lettered cloth folder; the colophon with the edition notation 25, in ink, and a table of contents; contents loose, as issued. FROM AN EDITION OF 100. New York: Berenice Abbott, 1898-1927; printed 1956 [6,000/9,000]