Untitled

c. 1931-1960

Brassaï

Associated Names
Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows a carved representation of a human face on a textured surface. The face is depicted using basic lines and shapes, with two round indentations for eyes, an elongated indentation for the nose, and a line or space for the mouth. Lines suggest hair on top of the head. The background is a stone-like surface with scratches and imperfections. No other objects are depicted.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 30.3 × 23.7 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.5.19

  • Series Title

    Graffiti: Primitive Images

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, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: A. 1562 / 23,5 x 30,5; center in black ink: [underlinded] A. 1562; stamped, center in blue ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: B 1ho68-c; stamped, lower right in black ink and circled: SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE; by unknown, lower right in blue ink: [underlinded] Page 95 / [circled and written in black ink, crossed out in blue ink] Page 116

Wikidata ID

Q64145529

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