Magic City Dance Hall, Rue Cognacq-Jay, Paris, c. 1932

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet: 24.13 × 17.78 cm (9 1/2 × 7 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Accession Number

1998.52.9

Artists / Makers

Brassaï (artist) French, born Transylvania, 1899 - 1984

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Brassaï; by unknown hand, top right in black ink: [underlined] Pl. 439; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: "Magic-City" vers 1932 / Paris; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Page 165; stamped, center in blue ink in square: BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS-XIVe - PORt-Royal 23-41; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 8/30; stamped, lower center in purple ink: © COPYRIGHT by / BRASSAÏ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS 14eme Tél. 707.23.41; stamped, lower left faintly in black ink: Tirage de l'Auteur; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: SG

Provenance

The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Brassaï, Gilberte, Mme

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. 47, as Magic-City Dance Hall, rue Cognacq-Jay, Paris.

Bibliography

1976: Brassaï. The Secret Paris of the 30s. New York, 1976: n.p.

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. 46.