Pompe Funebre (1e Classe)
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
Description
Subject Matter:
Atget draws attention to the elaborate and historical trappings of Parisian funeral industry in this photograph depicting a horse-drawn funeral carriage for a "first class" ceremony parked on the side of a street. The strong diagonal created by the cobble-stone paved street, and the vertical thrust of the columns of the building behind the carriage, provide a graphically modern counterpoint to the old-fashioned form of the carriage.
Physical Description:
Horse-drawn funeral carriage parked on the side of a cobble-stone paved street.
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