Magic City Dance Hall, Rue Cognacq-Jay, Paris, c. 1932

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Overall: 24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 in.)
overall: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Accession Number

1998.52.9

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

upper center verso in graphite: "Magic City" vers 1932 / Paris / page 165; upper right verso in black ink: Pl. 439 (underlined); center verso in graphite: Brassai; center right verso in graphite: 8/30; center verso: artist stamp / artist copyright stamp; lower left stamped in blue ink: Tirage de l'Auteur

Provenance

The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee 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. 47, as Magic-City Dance Hall, rue Cognacq-Jay, Paris.

Bibliography

1976: Brassaï. The Secret Paris of the 30s. New York, 1976: n.p.

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. 46.