ATGET (Eugène). - Lot 20

ATGET (Eugène). The Work of Atget. Volume IV: Modern Times. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by New York Graphic Society Books / Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. The fourth and final volume of the monumental publication devoted to the work of Eugène Atget, published by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This volume examines the reception of his work in the 20th century and its decisive influence on modern photography, from the Surrealists to the great American masters such as Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Ansel Adams, Bill Brandt, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Richly illustrated with reproductions of Atget’s photographs and works by photographers who were inspired by him, this volume constitutes a fundamental study of the Parisian photographer’s artistic legacy. The four-volume set remains the definitive reference on Atget and ranks among MoMA’s most important publications on photography. Condition: copy with significant wear to the dust jacket (scuffs, creases, tears, and missing flaps and corners); interior is in very fresh condition and complete.