Lot 71
Lot 71
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BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)

Couple Souriant, Balmusette des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe, 1933

    Price Realised USD 8,750
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    BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)

    Couple Souriant, Balmusette des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe, 1933

    Price Realised USD 8,750
    Price Realised USD 8,750
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    BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
    Couple Souriant, Balmusette des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe, 1933
    ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1930s
    stamped with photographer's 81 Rue du Faubourg St. Jacques copyright credit and 'Tirage de l'Auteur', variously annotated in pencil and variously inscribed in pencil and ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
    image/sheet: 111⁄2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.8 cm.)
    Provenance
    Madame Gilberte Brassai, Paris;
    Edwyn Houk Gallery, New York;
    acquired from the above by the present owner.
    Literature
    Gyula Brassai, Brassai : The Secret Paris of the 30’s, Random House, New York, 1976, pl. 2.
    Brassai: The Eye of Paris, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1993, pl. 23.
    Jean-Claude Gautrand, Brassai: 1899-1984, Taschen, Cologne, 2004, p. 83.
    Agnes De Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Brassai: For the Love of Paris, Rizzoli, New York, 2013, p. 115.
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