Details
BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
The Kiss, 1935–1937
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1955
credited and annotated 'The Fair' in pencil and numbered '203' in ink (verso)
image: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.8 x 27 cm.)
sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.8 x 27.9 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the photo agency Rapho-Guillumette.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, The Family of Man, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1955, n.p.
Alain Sayag and Annick Lionel-Marie, Brassaï: The Monograph, Bulfinch, Boston, 2000,p. 275.
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This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition The Family of Man presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1955.

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