The Imp, Belleville, Paris, 1952

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

overall: 29 x 22.1 cm (11 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel Fund

Accession Number

1998.52.5

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

upper left verso in graphite: D7 / no 24 / GB; center verso: Worcester Art Museum label; upper right verso in graphite: A.1730 / 22 x 29; center verso in black ink: A.1750 / copyright / Graffiti / Paris; center verso in red pencil: on A.1731; center verso in red ink: Graffiti / 1952 "le Faune de / Belleville"; center verso: artist stamp; center right verso in graphite: 22 x 29 / 9/30; lower center verso: Rapid Guillumette Pictures stamp / Worcester Art Museum stamp; lower right verso in blue ink: P. 96

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.105, as The Imp, Belleville, Paris, 1952, from the series Graffiti: Magic.

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. 98.