Chestnut seller – Hot, hot chestnuts, postcard
(Marchand de marrons – Chauds, chauds les marrons)
(1904-1907)
from The small trades of Paris (Les p'tits métiers de Paris) series (1904–07)
Medium
collotype
Measurements
14.0 × 8.9 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Juliet Frizzell and Patrick Pound through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
While Eugène Atget is best known for his documentation of sites, focusing on architectural details, domestic interiors and civic spaces that appear to be largely unpopulated, he was also an avid chronicler of people working on the streets of Paris and their so-called ‘small trades’ – that is, people selling their wares and tradespeople working throughout the city. Eighty of Atget’s photographs were published as postcards between 1904 and 1907 in a set titled The Small Trades of Paris. Each card depicts a vivid scene of city life, capturing a sense of the bustling trades and people that brought a vibrancy to Paris at the turn of the twentieth century.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
incised in negative (in image) l.r.: 3717
Accession Number
2022.858.13
Department
International Photography