Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
(Graffiti)

(Graffiti)

© Estate Brassaï - RMN-Grand Palais

(Graffiti)
(Graffiti)
CultureFrench
Titles
  • (Graffiti)
  • from the series Graffiti: Birth of Man
Datec. 1931–1960
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 7 1/2 in. (16.7 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 6 9/16 × 7 1/2 in. (16.7 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number99.534
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoseph Chanin, New York; given to MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 February - 5 May, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
THERE IS A COPY OF THE MARKS ON THE VERSO OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IN THE OBJECT FILE
Stamped 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"



The photograph is unsigned.

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