Couple at the Four Seasons Ball, Rue de Lappe, Paris

c. 1932

Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 29.69 × 23.34 cm (11 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.38.2

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 from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Brassaï [underlined]; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 23,5x29,5; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: [vifer?]. Pl. 2; by unknown hand, top right in graphite and blue ink: EH-3 / [circled end then scribbled out] No- 46 [end circle] [blue ink, circled with graphite slash through text] 57 [end circle and blue ink] / No 3; by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: Couple souriant 10/30; stamped, center in black ink: © COPYRIGHT by / BRASSAÏ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS 14eme Tél. 707.23.41; by unknown hand, center in red ink: Pl. 2; by unknown hand, center in graphite: Page 78 B.; stamped, center in black ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: xx786

Wikidata ID

Q64145479

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