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Lot 30
  • 30

Brassaï (1899 - 1984)

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 EUR
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Description

  • Brassaï
  • Goutte de rosée sur une feuille de capucine, années 1930
Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, avec le tampon du photographe 'BRASSAI/ 81, rue du Faubrg St. Jacques/ Paris XIVe/ Téléph.: Port-Royal 23-41'.

Literature

Minotaure, N° 6, 1934, ill. p. 51;
Dawn Ades et. al., Brassaï. From Surrealism to Art Informal, Barcelone, Fundacío Antoni Tàpies, 1993, ill. p. 65.

Condition

This is a very rich print in very good general condition. Glossy surface, single weight paper, the tonalities reach from egg white to a "warm black". With some superficial traces of use: A few small handling creases, some of which slightly crack the gelatin layer, most of them are visible in raking light only. With a small restored tear at the upper edge near the left corner, the upper right and lower left corners with a small fold.
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