Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Sleeping

Sleeping

© Estate Brassaï - RMN-Grand Palais

Sleeping
Sleeping
ArtistFrench, born Hungary, 1899–1984
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Sleeping
Datec. 1935
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (30.1 × 23.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (30.1 × 23.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number99.531
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoseph Chanin, New York; given to MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso: BRASSAI / 81, Ru Du Faub St. Jacques // PARIS XIV // Teleph: Port-Royal 23-41

Stamped in purple, verso, but whited out: Statni NAKLADATELSTVI // KRASNE LITERATURY A UMENS n.a. // NARODNI TRIDA 36, PRAH // ARCHIV 17325

[THERE IS A COPY OF THE MARKS ON THE VERSO OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IN THE OBJECT FILE]


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