Untitled

c. 1931-1960

Brassaï

Associated Names
Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows a sculpture of a face-like arrangement carved into a stone surface. The sculpture is made from gray stone with variations in shading. The stone surface features round, hollow indentations that resemble eyes, a nose, and a mouth. The sculpture is mounted as part of a stone formation or wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 29.3 × 22.6 cm (11 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.5.18

  • Series Title

    Graffiti: Faces

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brassaï, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris; Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate, Paris; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, stamped, upper center in black ink: BRASSAÏ / [81] RUE DU FAUBrg St-JACQUES / PARIS XIV / [T]ELEPH: PORT-ROYAL 23-[41]; by unknown hand, center in blue ink: [underlinded] A. 1508; center left in blue ink: 18 te; stamped smudged and upside down, center in black ink: BRASSAÏ / RUE DU FAUBrg St-JACQUES / PARIS XIV / TELEPH: PORT-ROYAL 23; stamped, bottom right in black ink and circled: SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE

Wikidata ID

Q64145528

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