L'hiver au jardin du Luxembourg (Winter in the Luxembourg Gardens)

1947

Brassaï

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Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows a row of metal chairs stacked together in a snowy environment. The point of view is slightly elevated, looking down at the chairs. The horizon merges with a line of trees stretching into the distance. Snow-covered trees provide a backdrop, adding texture and pattern. The chairs are heavily dusted with snow, revealing their metalwork. The black and white palette emphasizes the contrast between the chairs and the snow. The snow-dusted trees create vertical lines that lead the eye into the background, evoking a wintery atmosphere.
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Provenance

Brassaï, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris; Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate, Paris; gift to NGA, 2013.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black marker: 49 x 39,5; upper center in blue-black ink: BRASSAÏ / P. 927; upper right circled in orange-pink highlighter: 12; center left stamped in black ink: B1[6A?]; lower right stamped in black ink: [© Succession ?? Brassai]; stamped lower right in black ink: SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE

Wikidata ID

Q64145511

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