The Work of Atget, Vol. I: Old France

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981. Hardcover. VG (bump to lower spine. chip to upper edge of pastedown. dustjacket scuffed & scratched; tear to upper corner; back flap creased). Plum cloth 180 pp. 121 bw plates. glossy plum dustjacket w/ illustration. Part of the Springs Mills Series on the Art of Photography. Volume One of a four-part set featuring the work of French photographer Eugene Atget (1857-1927). "As a photographer Atget did not travel widely, and most of the pictures in this first volume were made within the Ile-de-France, the country's (truncated) ancient core. They seem nevertheless to represent what is basic and pervasive in the substance and style of the broader French tradition." (p. 8). (Inventory #: 17358)