La rosée sur une feuille de Capucine (Dew Drops on a Nasturtium Leaf)

1930

Brassaï

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Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image shows a close-up view of a large leaf with numerous water droplets resting on its surface. The largest droplet is located near the center bottom of the image. The overall color palette is monochromatic, consisting of various shades of gray, from light to dark, with high contrast highlighting the droplets against the textured background of the leaf. The droplets are distributed unevenly across the leaf, with more clustering towards the top right and center, and the leaf veins are subtly visible beneath the droplets.
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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, stamped, center in blue-purple ink: BRASSAÏ / 81, RUE DU FAUBrg St. JACQU / PARIS XIVe / TELEPH.: PORT-ROYAL 23-41; by unknown hand, center in black ink: No. 2. La rosée sur une feuille de Capucine; center circled in black ink: Fleur. 24; stamp, lower right circled in black ink: SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE

Wikidata ID

Q64145520

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