The Break, the Opéra, Paris

c. 1958

Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 29.2 x 23.8 cm (11 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.52.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Brassaï: The Eye of Paris, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-2000, no. 48.

Bibliography

1998

  • Brassaï: The Eye of Paris. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-2000: no. 48.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite: 24 x 29 DA 437 / "La Pause" Studio de danse / vers 1958 12/30; across lower edge in graphite: Je certifie que ce tirage a ete realise de la main de Brassai a l'ep[?] on le negatif a ete pres / madame G. Brassai; lower left verso stamped in black ink: Tirage de l'Auteur; lower right verso: artist copyright stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64145484

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