Eugène ATGET, V. PORCHER, Paris (publisher)
On the banks – Preparing the sand, postcard
(Sur les berges – Préparation du sable)
(1904-1907)
from The small trades of Paris (Les p'tits métiers de Paris) series (1904–07)

Medium
collotype

Measurements
8.9 × 14.0 cm (image and sheet)

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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Juliet Frizzell and Patrick Pound through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Public Domain

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Eugène ATGET, V. PORCHER, Paris (publisher) On the banks – Preparing the sand, postcard (Sur les berges – Préparation du sable) (1904-1907) from The small trades of Paris (Les p'tits métiers de Paris) series (1904–07)

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Eugène ATGET, V. PORCHER, Paris (publisher)
On the banks – Preparing the sand, postcard
(Sur les berges – Préparation du sable)
(1904-1907)
from The small trades of Paris (Les p'tits métiers de Paris) series (1904–07)