• Brassaï (photographer)

Night view of Tour Eiffel from the Allée des Cygnes on the Seine river, Paris, France

ca. 1933

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 25.5 x 21.4 cm sheet: 25.5 x 21.4 cm

PH1984:0307

stamped - in black felt pen, verso, l.r.: "from / RAPHO GUILLUMETTE PICTUR[E] / 59 EAST 54th STREET / NEW YORK 22, N.Y. / PLaza 5-0712" [stamp crossed-out with large X in black felt pen] inscribed - in various unknown hands and media, verso: "1 [or 7 ?] [enclosed in circle] / 22 [enclosed in circle] / assgn Pd [assignment paid ?] / N. 12 [or N. 72 ?] [repeated twice] / Rapho / [other illegible inscriptions]" labelled - typewritten on a strip of paper taped to print, verso, t.: "THE SEINE RIVER IN PARIS: The Pont de Passy [incorrect identification] and the Eiffel Tower" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pencil, verso, u.c.: "Le Pont de Passy [incorrect identification] / et la Tour Eiffel" signed - in photographer's hand, in pencil, verso, l.r.: "Brassaï / Vintage" dated - by an unknown hand, in pencil, verso, l.c.: "vers 1933" stamped - in purple ink, verso, c.: "BRASSAI / [8]1, RUE DU FAUBrg St-JACQUES / PARIS XIVe / TÉLÉPH.: PORT-ROYAL 23-4[1]"

Paris France

• river
• night photography
• railroad bridge

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