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2026R

Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula)

Brasso 1899 – 1984 Beaulieu-sur-Mer

La Chaise de Gertrude Stein. 1931

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 28,8 x 19,6 cm (11 ⅜ x 7 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula). La Chaise de Gertrude Stein. 1931.

Estimate:

EUR 600

 

- 800

USD 647

 

- 862

Sold for:

3,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 03.06.2015

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 28,8 x 19,6 cm (11 ⅜ x 7 ¾ in.). Photographer's stamp on the reverse: "BRASSAÏ, 81, RUE DU FAUBrg-St-JACQUES, PARIS-XIVe, TÉLÉPH.: PORT-ROYAL 23-41“, in pencil and blue and green coloured pencil inscribed and numbered by various hands, also a pencil drawing of the contours of the chair. On the accompanying frame back panel a collection label of the Buhl Collection with printed work information, also a gallery label of the Prakapas Gallery, New York with printed work information: "BRASSAI. Chair Study. Design by Picasso, executed in Petit Point by Serge near Toiles. Vintage Photograph c. 1928“. With handling marks.

Formerly Prakapas Gallery, New York; auction 13.11.2000 Christie′s, New York, lot 175; Henry Buhl Collection, New York

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