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BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
Deux filles de Joie, Boulevard Rochechouart, Montmartre, c. 1932
ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1940s
stamped twice with photographer's 81 Rue du Faubourg St. Jacques copyright credit, inscribed in pencil, variously annotated in pencil and ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 1178 x 834 in. (30.1 x 22.2 cm.)
Provenance
Madame Gilberte Brassai, Paris;
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Brassai, Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 30s, Random House, New York, 1976, pl. 344.
Jean-Claude Gautrand, Brassai: 1899-1984, Taschen, Cologne, 2004, p. 79.
Brassai, Brassai. Gyula Halasz, dit. 1899-1984, Drouot Montaigne, Paris, 2006, pl. 602, p. 351.
Sylvie Aubenas and Quentin Bajac, Brassai: Paris Nocturne, Thames and Hudson, London, 2013, pl. 95, p. 139.
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