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Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula)

Brasso 1899 – 1984 Beaulieu-sur-Mer

"Graffiti,Tête de mort“. 1949

Gelatin silver print, 1970s. 30 x 22,1 cm (39,7 x 29,8 cm) (11 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (15 ⅝ x 11 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula).

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 4,000

USD 3,230

 

- 4,310

Sold for:

4,375 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 03.06.2015

Information

Gelatin silver print, 1970s. 30 x 22,1 cm (39,7 x 29,8 cm) (11 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (15 ⅝ x 11 ¾ in.)). In the margin signed in blue ink lower right, editioned lower left. Signed, dated, titled, numbered and editioned on the reverse in black felt-tip pen. Photographer's and copyright stamp, twice copyright stamp, and further stamp: "Tirage de L′Auteur“. Numbered in pencil by various hands. One of 40 editioned prints.

Brassaï, Graffiti, zwei Gespräche mit Picasso mit 105 Schwarzweissfotos und einer Einführung in die Kunst des Graffito, Zürich 1960, p. 67
Brassaï, ed. Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, New York 1988, pl. 29 (there dated: 1950)
Brassaï - Im Atelier und auf der Straße, ed. Udo Kittelmann and Kyllikki Zacharias for the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin 2011, p. 178

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