Henry Miller in My Doorway, Hôtel des Terrasses, Paris

1932-1933

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): 29 x 22.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.52.4

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. 71.

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. 70.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite: 23 x 29 A.781 / Hotle des Terrasses / Bl Blan[?] et rue de la Gla[?] / 13e / Henry Miller en 1932; center right verso in graphite: 8/30; lower left verso in graphite: Tirage de l'auteur; lower left verso in black ink: Henry Miller en 1932 / tel qu'il [?] app[?] / dans l'embasure de la / porte de ma chambre / d'Hotel; lower right verso: artist copyright stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64145485

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