Les bas de resille noirs (Black Fishnet Stockings)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Brassaï, (Gyula Halász)

Title

Les bas de resille noirs (Black Fishnet Stockings)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1927–1937

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed and stamped verso, center, in graphite, in blue and purple ink: "Les bas de resille noir [inscribed in graphite] / Re' .3 [inscribed in blue ink] / Tlrage de l'Auteur [stamped in purple ink] BRASSAÏ / 81, Rue de Faub. - St-Jacques / PARIS - XIVe ["e" in superscript] - PORt-Royal 23-41 [in rectangle/stamped in blue ink]"; inscribed and stamped verso, lower center, in graphite and purple ink: "7 [encircled/inscribed in graphite] © copyright by / BRASSAÏ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS X Ve ["e" in superscript] Tél. 707-23-41 [stamped in purple ink]"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 29 × 23.3 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Exchange National Bank of Chicago

Reference Number

1974.367

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