A Vagrant Sleeping in Marseille
The inevitable suggestion that the homeless, hungry man sprawled on the sidewalk might be dreaming of a finely dressed and improbably large salad links Brassaï's photograph to the work of the Surrealists. Although he frequently depicted thugs, vagrants, and prostitutes, he did so without judgment or political motive; his were pictures meant to delight or perplex the eye and mind-not to prompt a social crusade.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Vagrant Sleeping in Marseille
- Artist: Brassaï (French (born Romania), Brașov 1899–1984 Côte d'Azur)
- Date: 1935, printed 1940s
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 17.2 x 23.3cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/16in.)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1980
- Object Number: 1980.1029.8
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate Brassaï Succession – Paris
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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