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2133R

Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula)

Brasso 1899 – 1984 Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Les Escaliers de Montmartre, Paris. Circa 1930

Later gelatin silver print. Agfa paper. 28 × 19,4 cm (30 × 23,2 cm) (11 × 7 ⅝ in. (11 ¾ × 9 ⅛ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Brassaï (i.e. Halász, Gyula). Les Escaliers de Montmartre, Paris. Circa 1930.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 3,000

USD 2,460

 

- 3,690

Sold for:

3,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2018

Photography, Wednesday, 30.05.2018

Information

Later gelatin silver print. Agfa paper. 28 × 19,4 cm (30 × 23,2 cm) (11 × 7 ⅝ in. (11 ¾ × 9 ⅛ in.)). Signed in black felt-tip pen and with dedication in the margin lower right: „Pour Virginie [faded] cordialement Brassaï“. Photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse : „© COPYRIGHT BRASSAÏ“ as well as numbered in pencil by various hands.

Private collection, USA

Centre National de la Photographie (ed.): Brassaï. Paris, New York 1988, pl. 5 (titled and dated: Montmartre, Paris, 1936) / Alain Sayag and Annick Lionel-Marie (ed.): Brassaï. "No Ordinary Eyes". London 2000, p. 150 (titled and dated: In Montmartre, c. 1935–37)

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