Pomme de terre (Potato), 1931

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 39.4 × 29 cm (15 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.)
mount: 39.4 × 29 cm (15 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate

Accession Number

2013.5.10

Artists / Makers

Brassaï (artist) French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: r[Cl?]; stamp, center in square in black ink: BRASSAÏ / 81, RUE DU FA [UB] [J]ACQUES / PARIS - XIVe PORT ROYAL 23-41; stamp, center in blue-purple ink: BRASSAÏ / 81, RUE DU FAUBrg St. JACQUES / PARIS XIVe / TELEPH.: PORT-ROYAL 23-41; by unknown hand, center in black ink: No. 1. Pomme de terre; lower center in blue and black ink: Fl. 2.; lower center in blue ink [crossed out in black ink]: Fl. 3; stamp, lower right circled in black ink [rotated counter-clockwise]: SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Brassaï, Estate of