Le vendeur de journaux (Newspaper Vendor)

c. 1947–1948

Brassaï

Associated Names
Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows three men gathered around a table covered with neatly stacked newspapers. Two of the men are partially visible and close to the camera. The third man, positioned in the center, is fully visible from the torso up, standing and leaning slightly forward, engaged in conversation with a smile. He has a white beard and mustache, and is wearing a cap and round glasses. He holds a newspaper in his hand displaying headlines. The background includes a circular object resembling a clock or dial with numbers, and a sign with the word "Lubric."
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: BRASSAÏ; stamped, lower right in black ink: © Succession Estate BRASSAÏ; stamped, lower right on white label and partially circled in black ink: [SUCCES]SION / [BRA]SSAÏ / [ES]TATE; by unknown hand: LE VENDEUR de Journaux; lower right, on additional white label in black pen: P. 635 A. (1947)

Wikidata ID

Q64145516

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