Une “fille” dans le quartier d’Italie (Streetwalker near the Place d’Italie, Paris)

c. 1932

Brassaï

Associated Names
Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

The image depicts a person standing with their back facing the camera. They are wearing a dark, structured top and a knee-length skirt. The individual's right hand is resting on their hip, while their left arm hangs by their side. They have short, dark, straight hair and their feet are cut off at the bottom of the frame. The background shows a cobblestone street or courtyard with shadows indicating a light source in front of them. In the background, there is a textured, possibly aged, wall with some geometric details at the top edge. The setting is outdoors and could be in the evening or nighttime.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 29.21 × 22.86 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.5.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 April 2008, lot 213); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: pl. 322; across top in red crayon: [arrow pointing left] 6 1/4" [line to the right]; in black crayon circled: 136; upper left in graphite: at work; center left in graphite: 4941 / 18-10; studio stamp center in purple ink: BRASSAI / 81, RUE DU FAUB St. JACQU / PARIS XIV / TELEPH.: PORT-ROYAL; center right stamped in purple ink: MODERN PHOTOGRPAHY; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Une "fille" dans le quartier d'Italie.

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