Brassaï
Couple at the Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe, 1933
Oversized gelatin silver enlargement print on ferrotyped paper
19 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (49.5 x 40.3 cm)
Printed by the photographer in Paris, before 1951, and mounted at the time. Exhibited: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Five French Photographers, Dec 1951 – Feb 1952.
Printed by the photographer in Paris, before 1951, and mounted at the time. Exhibited: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Five French Photographers, Dec 1951 – Feb 1952.
Literature
Edward Steichen, Four French Photographers, (US Camera, 1953), p. 18 [likely this print]; Brassaï: The Secret Paris of the 30’s, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1976), unpaginated; Alain Sayag and Annick Lionel-Marie, Brassai, ‘No Ordinary Eyes’: The Monograph, (Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2000), cover [detail].1
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