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Bal a Magic City, La Grande Lolita
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Bal a Magic City, La Grande Lolita

Artist Brassaï (French, born Hungary, 1899 - 1984)
Dateca. 1933; printed ca. 1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 5/8 inches (28.27 × 21.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard and Alice Thall
Object number2016.70.3
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil. Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in blue ink: “© copyright by / BRASSAΪ / 81, Faubourg St-Jacques / PARIS-XV Tél. 707-23-71” / “BRASSAΪ / 81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques / PARIS –XIV – PORt-Royal 23 41”
InscribedInscribed on sheet verso, top, in black pen: “Bal a Magic City / La grande “Lolita””
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in blue pen: “[illeg. under hinging tape], 136 [circled]”; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “rmg13030”; On sheet verso, center, in black pen: “PP.447”; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “B1294-C”.
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Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY by Richard and Alice Thall, Locust Valley, NY by 2016;

Thier gift to The Nelson-Atkins Musuem of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

Copyright© Estate Brassai-RMN
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