Lot 70
Lot 70
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BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)

Deux filles de Joie, Boulevard Rochechouart, Montmartre, c. 1932

    Price Realised USD 6,250
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    USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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    BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)

    Deux filles de Joie, Boulevard Rochechouart, Montmartre, c. 1932

    Price Realised USD 6,250
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    Price Realised USD 6,250
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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: 117⁄8 x 83⁄4 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 30’s, 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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