Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Shop Window, Paris

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Artist Brassaï (Gyula Halász)(French, born Hungary, 1899–1984)French, born Hungary, 1899–1984

CultureFrench

Titles

Shop Window, Paris

Date1937

PlaceParis, France

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensions9 1/4 × 6 15/16 in. (23.5 × 17.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein

Object number99.383

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing 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

There is a label affixed to the verso: "Picture Post / Original Print / must be returned / Library".
The photograph is stamped, verso: "[inscribed within an oval] Hulton / Deutsch ",
The photograph is stamped, verso: "21 JAN 1939", "PICTURE POST"

The photograph is stamped, verso: "Brassai / 8, Rue du Aub St. Jacques / Paris XIV / Teleph Port-Royal 23-41".

Stamped, verso: "M URB / Shop (FRA) / Paris"

Inscribed verso: "Paris By Night", "OG 0001 005", CR com shop (Fra) Clothing", "Sur les grands", "Paris 3-4".

There is a "8" inscribed twice, once with arrows indicating the top and bottom sheet edges. There is a measurement "6 1/4" with lines indicating the left and right sheet edges.

The photograph is unsigned.

Xerox of the back of the object is on file in Registration.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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