Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Tramps Sleeping under the Peristyle of the Bourse du Commerce, Paris

Tramps Sleeping under the Peristyle of the Bourse du Commerce, Paris

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Tramps Sleeping under the Peristyle of the Bourse du Commerce, Paris
Tramps Sleeping under the Peristyle of the Bourse du Commerce, Paris
ArtistFrench, born Hungary, 1899–1984
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Tramps Sleeping under the Peristyle of the Bourse du Commerce, Paris
  • Clochards à la Bourse du Commerce
Date1930–1932
PlaceParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 x 6 13/16 in. (23.5 x 17.3 cm)
 Sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 13/16 in. (23.5 x 17.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number94.371
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGilberte Brassaï; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: All inscriptions in pencil and verso: Anne Tucker's and Gilberte Brassaï's initials, upper left corner; reference number, upper right corner: "PdN 26".
Signed in black ink, lower right quadrant, verso: "Brassaï" (signature is dated "le 12 juillet 1972"); dated in pencil, lower left quadrant, verso: "entre 1930/32"; artist's stamp, upper center

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