Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations" / Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
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- Accession Number
- 1971/2.150.9
- Title
- Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations"
- Artist
- Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1899 - 1984
- Medium and Support
- clichés-verre on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1934-1935; printed 1967
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Surrealist
- Inscription
- Signed on last page, Brassai
- Dimensions
- 38.1 cm x 28.5 cm (15 in. x 11 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Photograph
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A female figure reclines on a divan on her side with her back toward the viewer; Beneath the divan the dark background is lined with a diamond patterning. Behind the figure are textures suggesting pillows or other textiles.
- Subject Matter
- Suggestive of mystery, sensuality, desire, and the dark spaces of the human psyche, the young girl in this image dreams in an otherworldly space.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- beds (furniture)
- biomorphic abstraction
- clichès-verre
- dreams
- girls
- guitars
- musical instruments
- nudes
- reclining
- surrealism
- surrealist
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- figures
- figures (representations)
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- genres
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- objects
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- personal life events
- photographs
- photographs by processing or presentation technique
- photographs by technique
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sleeping and reclining furniture
- sound devices
- sound devices by function
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1447 x 955
- File Size
- 153 KB
- Record
- 1971/2.150.9
- Link to this Item
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"Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations"; Brassaï (Gyula Halász)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.150.9/1971_2.150.9.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
