Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes

Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes

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Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes
Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Cat with Phosphorescent Eyes
Date1936
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins in memory of William Stewart Simkins
Object number98.8
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionBrassaï began photographing Paris at night in the late 1920s, capturing the city’s streets and citizens under cover of darkness. Capitalizing on the mysterious effects of light on the city’s clandestine nocturnal life, Brassaï photographed Paris as it transitioned from gas to electric light. This furry creature of the night, its eyes glowing like lamps in the dark, is one of many cats photographed by Brassaï, and was featured on the cover of the catalogue for his 1963 solo exhibition at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
ProvenanceGilberte Brassaï; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"The Cat's Meow", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 19, 2006-January 15, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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