Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)French, born Hungary, 1899–1984
CultureFrench
Titles
- Bal Musette, Couple Frache, Paris
Date1932
PlaceParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 7 in. (23.7 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 7in. (23.7 × 17.8cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 7in. (23.7 × 17.8cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Annenberg Foundation, courtesy of Wallis Annenberg, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.236
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Fotografie Forum International.
Exhibition History"Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 17–October 6, 2002.
"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
Inscribed in blue, verso, upper right: "No 38"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper center: "6 1/8 x 8"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: "62/5070"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper center: "6 1/8 x 8"
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: "62/5070"
The photograph is unsigned.
Stamped in purple on verso center: "BRASSAI / 81, RUE DU FAUB St. JACQUES / PARIS XIV / TELEPH.: PORT-ROYAL 23-41 (?) "
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