The Imp, Belleville, Paris
1952
Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 29.05 × 22.07 cm (11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1998.52.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1998.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1998
Brassaï: The Eye of Paris, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-2000, no.105, as The Imp, Belleville, Paris, 1952, from the series Graffiti: Magic.
2017
Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1998
Brassaï: The Eye of Paris. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-2000: no. 98.
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: B7 / No 14 / GB; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: A.1730 / 22x29; stamped, top left in black ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; printed, top center on adhered blue paper in black ink: Photograph from the / WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester 9, Massachusetts / Artist Brassai, 1899- / School French, 20th century / Subject GRAFFITI - FAUN OF BELLEVILLE, 1952 / Material and construction photographs / Owner Brassai / This photograph is furnished with the owner's permission for the following PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRASSAI, June 1 - Sept. 3, 1963 / Permission for use of this photograph for any other than he state purpose / must be procured from the owner. / It is requested that the name of the owner accompany any publication of / this photograph; by unknown hand, center in black ink: A.1730; by unknown hand center in red pencil: or A1731; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 22 x 29; by unknown hand, center left in black marker ink: Graffiti, / [underlined] Paris; stamped, center in black ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 9/30; by unknown hand, lower right in red ink: Graffiti / [underlined] 1952 [end underline] "Le Fauna de / Belleville."; stamped, lower center in black ink and scribbled out in graphite: from / RAPHO GUILLUMETTE PICTURES / 59 EAST 54TH STREET / NEW YORK, N. Y. 10022 / PLaza 5-0712; stamped, lower center in purple ink: Tirage de l'Auteur; stamped, bottom center in black ink and scribbled out in graphite: PLEASE RETURN TO / Worcester Art Museum / 55 SALISBURY ST. / WORCESTER, . MASS.; by unknown hand, bottom right in black ink: P. [circled] 96; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: SG
Wikidata ID
Q64145487