Jour de Pluie aux Champs-Elysées
Born in Brasso, Transylvania, Gyula Halász took the name of his birthplace as a pseudonym in 1932, when he had lived in Paris for six years working as an illustrator and correspondent for Hungarian and German newspapers. In 1929, after accompanying the expatriate Hungarian photographer André Kertész on assignment, Brassaï decided to take up photography himself. His economic situation was dire: occasionally, after writing an article, he would pawn his typewriter, which he would later redeem with his camera after he had illustrated the piece. Despite such difficulties, Brassaï managed to master French during this time and to become friends with many artists and with the writers Léon-Paul Fargue and André Queneau, in whose company or alone he would wander the city at night.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jour de Pluie aux Champs-Elysées
- Artist: Brassaï (French (born Romania), Brașov 1899–1984 Côte d'Azur)
- Date: 1931
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 22.9 × 17.3 cm (9 in. × 6 13/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.100.574
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate Brassaï Succession – Paris
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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