Pavés Parisiens (Parisian Paving Stones)

Photography and Media

1929

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
French, born Hungary (now Romania), 1899–1984

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Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Brassaï, (Gyula Halász)
Title: Pavés Parisiens (Parisian Paving Stones)
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1929
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Image/paper: 8.3 × 5.8 cm (3 5/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Anstiss and Ronald Krueck in honor of the birth of Angelica Catherine Evan-Cook
Reference Number: 1997.409

Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 8.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Brassai and Company,” January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, “Brassai: The Eye of Paris,” December 6, 1998–July 4, 1999; traveled to Los Angeles, J.P. Getty Museum, April 14–July 4, 1999; and Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, September 5, 1999–January 16, 2000.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)

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