Brassaï (Gyula Halász) (1899-1984)

Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, avec le tampon 'Brassaï 81, Rue Du Faub^{rg St. Jacques Paris XIVe Téléph.: Port-Royal 23-41' et annoté 36.1590A Brassai [sic!] au crayon d'une main inconnue. Monté sous passe-partout.}

Alain Sayag/ Annick Lionel-Marie (éds.), Brassaï. No Ordinary Eyes, cat. expo., Hayward Gallery, Londres, Thames & Hudson, 2000, ill. p. 133 (un autre tirage);
Jean-Claude Gautrand, Brassaï. 1899-1984. Brassaï's Universal Art, Cologne, Taschen, 2004, ill. p. 27 (un autre tirage).

In good condition. The print has a glossy surface. The corners and edges slightly worn. A few handling creases across the image mainly visible in raking light. with a small spot of matte discolouration at the lower part of the left edge. Traces of fingerprints along the edges, mainly in the upper corners and the upper edge.
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Cette photographie qui montre un détail de balustrade du métro parisien par Hector Guimard, fut publiée dans l'article de Salvador Dali "De la beauté terrifiante et comestible, de l'architecture modern style" dans: Minautaure, no 3-4, décembre 1933. Pour le même article, Man Ray fournit des photogaphies d'architecture de Gaudí.