Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)French, born Hungary, 1899–1984
CultureFrench
Titles
- Armoire à glace dans un hôtel de passe, rue Quincampoix
- Wardrobe Mirror in a Prostitutes’ Hotel on the rue Quincampoix
Datec. 1932
Place depictedParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 5/16 × 11 9/16 in. (38.9 × 29.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 9/16 in. (38.9 × 29.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 9/16 in. (38.9 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.237
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 17–October 6, 2002.
"Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris," Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, September 10, 2009–January 3, 2010; International Center of Photography, New York, January 29–May 9, 2010.
“History of Photography I: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 1, 2014–February 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black, verso, center: "P1.352"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "Couple se ahabillant me guin campoix à Paris / le tirage original et ait fait pw Brassai"
Stamped in black, verso, lower left: "Tirage de l'Anteu / © Brassai POR.23-41 / 81, Fg St-Jacques. Paris - 14º", after which is inscribed: "1932"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "Couple se ahabillant me guin campoix à Paris / le tirage original et ait fait pw Brassai"
Stamped in black, verso, lower left: "Tirage de l'Anteu / © Brassai POR.23-41 / 81, Fg St-Jacques. Paris - 14º", after which is inscribed: "1932"
The photograph is unsigned.
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