The Pont du Carrousel seen through the Pont Royal

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

    image/sheet: 21.3 x 27.2 cm (8 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
    mount: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.38.3

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

Bibliography

1993

  • Brassaï: The Eye of Paris. Exh. cat. Edwynn Houk Gallery. New York, 1993: no. 42.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center right in black marker ink: Brassaï [underlined]; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: EH; by unknown hand, top right in blue ink: N. 5 [underlined]; by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: Pares le / nit / 1932; by unknown hand, center left in graphite: pont Solferino / c[l?]st le Pont Royal / au [ver?] [v?]lan / G.B.; stamped, center in black ink: BRASSAÏ / 81, RUE DU FAUBg St JACQUES / PARIS-XIVe / TELEPH: PORT-ROYAL 23-41; by unknown hand, center right in black marker ink: N. 53; by unknown hand, center left in black marker ink: Le Pont / du Carrousel; stamped, center left in black ink: Tirage de l'Auter; stamped, center in blue ink: BRASSAÏ PGR. 23-41 / 81, Fg St-Jacques. PARIS - 14a; stamped, lower center in black ink: © COPYRIGHT by / BRASSAÏ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS 14eme Tél. 707.23.41; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: xx903

Wikidata ID

Q64145480

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