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This scene was used as a cover for the book <i>Begegnungen</i>, by Gotthard Jedlicka, published in Basel in 1933.  Although Breslauer published the cropped version of the image in a late monograph of her work this way up, old pencil inscriptions show that at one time the image was viewed the other way up, perhaps to emphasise the Surrealist nature of the image.","physicalDescription":"Black and white contact print of Ph.797-1987.  The photograph is a view of the restaurant La Rotonde, Paris, 1929.  Taken from above from a building across the street, the photograph captures a number of pedestrians crossing the street.  There is an entrance to the metro on the right of the photograph, the restaurant to the left.  Taken at an angle the slanting perspective enhances the shadows of the figures on the pavement.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Breslauer, Marianne","id":"A10057"},"association":{"text":"Photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gelatin silver print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2013GT4824"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"X","shelf":"914","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1929","earliest":"1929-01-01","latest":"1929-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"PH.797-1987","id":"O83133"},"association":"Copy"}],"creditLine":"Given by Marianne Feilchenfeldt","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"10.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This is the contact print for the whole negative which was cropped for Ph.797-1987, also titled Paris, 1929.  This was donated by Marianne Feilchenfeld, the photographer, formally known as Marianne Breslauer.   Breslauer's  Paris scene was used as a cover for the book Begegnungen, meaning meetings, by Gotthard Jedlicka, published in Basel in 1933.  Although Breslauer published the cropped version of the image in a late monograph of her work this way up, old pencil inscriptions show that at one time the image was viewed the other way up, which emphasises the Surrealist nature of the image.\n\nHistorical significance: This vintage print gives an exceptional insight into the photographic working methods.  The photographer states that both the contact print and the cropped image acquired by the museum in 1987 are unique.","historicalContext":"The cropped version of this photograph, with it's slanting perspectives and its startling shadows, became part of an international style in the late 'Twenties.  Highly graphic photographs suited the new illustrated magazines like Vu in Paris and other commercial applications.","briefDescription":"Breslauer, Marianne. Paris 1929. (Gelatin-silver contact print for cropped version see Ph.797-1984)","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"pedestrians","id":"AAT25851"},{"text":"Cars","id":"AAT178739"},{"text":"Restaurant","id":"AAT5182"},{"text":"underground","id":"AAT7780"},{"text":"people","id":"AAT24978"},{"text":"shadow","id":"AAT56036"},{"text":"roads","id":"AAT8217"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Gallery 100 ‘A History of Photography’, 2014-2015, label text:\r\n\r\nMarianne Breslauer (1909–2001)\r\nParis \r\n1929\r\nBreslauer trained with Man Ray and, like Ilse Bing, used the Leica to take street photographs from unexpected vantage points. Shot from above, the compositions capture the hustle and bustle of a sunny Parisian street. At one stage she displayed the larger of the two photographs the other way up, creating a more Surrealist impression. The smaller print is a contact print from the negative, revealing how radically Breslauer later cropped the image. \r\nGelatin silver prints\r\nGiven by the artist, in memory of Arthur and Tamara Kauffmann\r\nMuseum nos. Ph.797-1987; E.135-1998\r\n","date":{"text":"06 03 2014","earliest":"2014-03-06","latest":"2014-03-06"}}],"partNumbers":["E.135-1998"],"accessionNumberNum":"135","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1998,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-07","recordCreationDate":"2003-07-30","availableToBook":false}}