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Signed and inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Brassai / Paris"; stamped verso, on mount, center, in purple ink: "PHOTO BRASSAI / COPYRIGHT BY / GYULA HALASZ / 74, RUE DE LA GLACIÈRE / PARIS (13e) ["e" in superscript]"; inscribed verso, on mount, center, in black pencil: "[French]"; verso, on mount, upper right, sideways, in graphite: "P-618 [rectangle]"; verso, on mount, lower right, sideways, in graphite: "23.5 x 18"
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 76
Art Institute of Chicago, “Bystander: A History of Street Photography,” December 10, 1994-April 16, 1995; traveled to the San Jose Museum of Art, January 16-April 4, 1999 (Chicago only). (Colin Westerbeck) [confirmed on checklist, not confirmed on installation shots]
Art Institute of Chicago, “Brassai and Company,” January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
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