Artist Monograph

Brassaï (Gyula Halász), French

French, born Brassó. 1899–1984

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 113 99.1%
Etching 1 0.9%

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Photography (22,896 total works in this medium by 2,074 artists), with secondary engagement in Etching.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Photography11399.1%
Drawings & Prints10.9%

Production by Decade

74
1930s
30
1940s
10
1950s

Classification Types

  • Photograph — 112
  • Performance — 1
  • Illustrated Book — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19421
19431
19595
19642
196740
196838
19694
19811
19892
19902
199411
20166
20171

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard