Transmutations

1934–1935

Brassaï

Artist, French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    portfolio of 12 gelatin silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 23.65 × 17.78 cm (9 5/16 × 7 in.)
    mount (each): 38.1 × 57.15 cm (15 × 22 1/2 in.)
    other (portfolio): 39.53 × 30.48 × 3.65 cm (15 9/16 × 12 × 1 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.5.24.1-12

Associated Artworks

See all 12 artworks

Odalisque, from Transmutations

Brassaï

1934

Femme-Mandoline (Woman-Mandolin), from Transmutations

Brassaï

1934

Jeune fille rêvant (Young Girl Dreaming), from Transmutations

Brassaï

1934

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brassaï, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris; Madame Gilberte Brassaï Estate, Paris; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on colophon page, signed by artist, lower right in black marker ink: [underlined] Brassaï; by artist, center in black marker ink: 86; stamped center in black ink: [in oval] SUCCESSION / BRASSAÏ / ESTATE; on each sheet, embossed, lower left corner: VERTIABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES / SATINE

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