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Parisian asphalt – Heating the bitumen. postcard

Eugène ATGET, V. PORCHER, Paris (publisher)
Parisian asphalt – Heating the bitumen. postcard
(L'asphalte parisien – Chauffage du bitume)
 (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 (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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
incised in negative (in image) l.r.: 37(…illeg.)

Accession Number
2022.858.34

Department
International Photography

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