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Brassaï

(Hungary, 1899-1984)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 420 - 2 910 EUR
2 770 - 3 330 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Karin Aringer
Stockholm
Karin Aringer
Head Specialist Contemporary Art and Photographs
+46 (0)702 63 70 57
Brassaï
(Hungary, 1899-1984)

"'La Toilette' dans un hôtel de passe, rue Quincampoix á Paris", 1932 (Washing up in a brothel, rue Quincampoix, Paris)

Signed Brassaï on verso. Also with stamp "Copyright by Brassaï" and marked Pl. 355 on verso. Gelatin silver print 21 x 29 cm.

Provenance

Galleri Camera Obscura, Stockholm, professedly acquired in the 1980's.

Literature

Richard Miller, "Brassaï. The secret Paris of the 30's", 1976, reproduced fullpage.
Anne Wilkes Tucker, "Brassaï: The eye of Paris", 1999, reproduced fullpage plate no 41.