The Little White Dog, Montmartre, 1932

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet: 23.97 × 30 cm (9 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel Fund

Accession Number

1998.52.7

Artists / Makers

Brassaï (artist) French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, vertical top right in graphite: GB / A7; unknown hand, stop right in graphite each circled and crossed out: 23 / 13 / 13 / [not crossed out] 74; stamped, upper center in black ink:© copyright by / BRASSAÏ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS 14eme Tél. 707.23.41; unknown hand, vertical along center right edge in graphite: 24 x 30cm P. 364; stamped, upper center in black ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; stamped, center left in black ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; by unknown hand, center in blue ink: p. 364; stamped, center left in black ink in square: INTERDICTION DE REPRODUIRE / SANS AUTORISATION DE L'AUTEUR

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Brassaï, Gilberte, Mme

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.124, as Little White Dog, Montmartre, Paris.

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. 88.