gelatin silver print, almost certainly a contact print from the glass negative, photograph taken in 1925, printed and mounted later c.1970-77, framed, unglazed, various inscriptions frame verso, including the number 8485, believed to be the negative number (see additional images), also on backboard it reads 'John Harris to Heinz', this possibly refers to the Heinz Gallery at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), print size 22.5cm x 17.7cm

Notes:
(1)There is one known vintage print of Atget's Parc de Sceaux, in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. MOMA notes - 'Sceaux is located just outside of Paris. The gardens of the palace were designed by André le Nôtre. According to Maria Hambourg, the series of Sceaux is the rarest of Atget's.' We are not aware of any other later print.

(2) Included in this lot is a copy of the catalogue of the 'Silent Cities' exhibition mounted at the Heinz Gallery and organised by John Harris and Gavin Stamp in 1977. The catalogue is not a list of exhibits but an essay by Gavin Stamp. It seems unlikely the Atget photograph was part of that exhibition as the latter was specifically about war memorials. We have been unable to research this further.