Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Fête a Barcelona

Fête a Barcelona

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Fête a Barcelona
Fête a Barcelona
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Fête a Barcelona
Date1955
Place depictedBarcelona, Spain
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 15 1/16 in. (22.9 × 38.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 11 1/8 in. (22.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number99.544
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Brassaï most often photographed the urban landscape and the working class that inhabited it. His bold style embraced extreme contrast between dark and light, infusing everyday subjects with energy and mystery. In this photograph of a festival in Barcelona, a dark dragon puppet is haloed by the smoke it emits. Brassaï places it at the center of the composition, with the crowd of excited onlookers keeping an awed distance from this magical creature.



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

Inscribed, verso, upper right: Et 3325Z+25 8608-14/10 S.173m

Inscribed, verso, center: Fête à Barelona [sic]

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