Cast of Picasso's Right Hand, 1944

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

overall: 28.7 x 20.2 cm (11 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel Fund

Accession Number

1998.52.3

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

upper left verso in graphite: As wide as possible / horizontal / Hold 8'; upper center verso in graphite: 28.5 x 20 / Moulage de la / main de Picasso 8/30 / en 1943 / a l'atelier des grands-Augustins; center verso in blue ink: Pic. Sc. 106 (underlined) / Conversations avec Picasso / No. 36 / (Edition anglaise No. 41); center verso: artist stamp

Provenance

The artist, bequeathed to his wife, Gilberte, Paris, France; purchased with donated funds 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. 67.

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. 67.