Brassaļ
French (b. Hungary, 1899-1984)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Fille De Joie Quartier Les Halles
PUBLISHED TITLE: Pile ou
PUBLISHED TITLE: Streetwalker near the Place d'Italie

ca. 1932 / print ca. 1950s
gelatin silver print
50.1 x 40.2 cm.
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 21048
77:0749:0012

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4186-12
NON-GEH NUMBER: PL 332
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Brassai. --Brassai.-- Paris: Editions Neuf, 1956. unp.//
Brassai. --The Secret Paris of the 30's.-- New York: Pantheon Books, 1976. unp.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 534.//

INSCRIPTION: mount verso-(in pencil) "'Fille De Joie Quartier - L(es) Halles'" "Paris XIV" "PL 332"

NOTES: Catalogued 3/92, DZ. Published title (1) from --Brassai-- (Paris, 1952). Variant dated "1932" in --Brassai-- (MOMA, 1968). Title correction and Maker's number identification from Anne Tucker, 1994. Published title (2) from --Brassai;The Secret Paris of the 1930's--.

SUBJECTS:
street scene, figure in
street scene, night
occupation, prostitute