Jean Genêt

1948

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): 28.7 x 22.7 cm (11 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.52.6

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. 72.

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

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. 74.

Inscriptions

upper center in graphite: 28.5 x 22.5/ch/l / 10 sec / cadrage / sans la / bouche; upper center: artist stamp; center verso in blue ink: Jean Genet; center verso in graphite: Fevrier 1948 / fixe 10 sec / A.787.B; center verso: artist stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64145486

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