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BRASSAÏ (1899–1984)
Graffiti (Serie IV, Masques et Visages), 1935-1950
ferrotyped gelatin silver print
signed in ink and stamped with photographer's '81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques' credit (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 1534 x 12 in. (40 x 30.4 cm.)
Literature
Brassaï, Brassaï Graffiti, Flammarion, Paris, 2002, pl. 22.
W.M. Hunt, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious, Aperture, New York, 2011, p. 147.
Exhibited
Arles, Recontres de la Photographie; Lausanne, Musée de l'Élysée; Amsterdam, FOAM Fotogafiemuseum, Sans Regard or No Eyes: Photographs from W.M. Hunt / Collection Dancing Bear, 2005-2007.
Ocala, Appelton Museum of Fine Arts, The Unseen Eye: Photography from the Collection of W.M. Hunt, November 7, 2010–January 2, 2011.
Rochester, George Eastman House, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, October 1, 2011–February 19, 2012.
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