Backstage at the Folies-Bergère, Paris

c. 1932

Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.1 x 17.3 cm (9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.38.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; on consignment 1997 to (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Les Folie Bergere / (entre deux videaux) / Brassai; center verso: copyright stamp; lower center verso: artist stamp; all by later hands: upper center verso in graphite: 17,5x23; upper right verso in black ink: PL.707; lower right verso in black ink: Page 148; lower right verso in graphite: XX177

Wikidata ID

Q64145477


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