Dec 11, 2008 - Sale 2166

Sale 2166 - Lot 332

Unsold
Estimate: $ 9,000 - $ 12,000
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
"Fountains in the Place de la Concorde, Paris." Silver print, 9 1/2x7 inches (24x17.8 cm.), with Brassaï's "Gyula Halasz, 75, Rue de Guerchere" hand stamp on verso. 1933

Additional Details

A beautiful print and a sensual image, created the same year his classic book "Paris de Nuit" was published. Brassaï's photographs of Paris created a new style of photography, seizing the reality of everyday life and "culling the ephemeral beauty of the present moment."
Camera in Paris, 27.