Farming Couple

mid 1930s

Brassaï

Associated Names
Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows a woman adjusting a scarf around the neck of a young person. The young person has a round face and short dark hair mostly covered by a cap. They are wearing a suit jacket over a vest and a striped scarf. The woman has her hair pulled back and is wearing a dark long-sleeve top with an apron over her skirt. The setting appears to be a rustic room or workshop, with a large metal container in the foreground and various tools, including sickles, hanging on the wooden wall behind them. The lighting casts shadows, giving a textured view of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    René Huyghe Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.2 x 17.3 cm (9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.1.9


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

René Huyghe; purchased by NGA Photo Archives, 1975 (transferred to DCPH, 2001).

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite: LM; upper right in black ink: france xx photo; center verso stamped in black ink: artist's copyright stamp; lower center stamped in black ink: RENE HUYGHE / COLLECTION; lower right verso stamped in black ink: artist's stamp; lower right verso in black ink: Brassai

Wikidata ID

Q64145503

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