Pomme de terre (Potato)
1931
Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

Artwork overview
-
Medium
gelatin silver print
-
Credit Line
-
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.) -
Accession
2013.5.10
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Brassaï, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris; Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate, Paris; gift to NGA, 2013.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q64145519