Feb 14, 2017 - Sale 2436

Sale 2436 - Lot 84

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
BRASSAÏ (1899-1984)
L'Académie Julian (artists sketching a model). Ferrotyped silver print, the image measuring 9 1/4x7 inches (23.5x17.8 cm.), with Brassaï's 81, Rue du Faubourg St. Jacques hand stamp, and his credit, in pencil, on verso. 1932
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Additional Details

From Swann Galleries, New York, New York; to a Private Collector, in 1993.

This print was selected for the Museum of Modern Art (New York) exhibition "The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839-Today" and displayed from August 1-November 1, 2010. The image is reproduced in the accompanying catalogue.


The Hungarian born Brassaï, who worked in Paris from the 1930s-60s, was the subject of the retrospectives "Brassaï: The Soul of Paris," at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2000 (toured to the Hayward Gallery, London); and "Brassaï: The Eye of Paris," at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1998 (toured to J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).


His publications include Le Paris secret des années 30 (1976); Conversations avec Picasso (1964); and, co-authored with Picasso, Graffiti (1960). He was the recipient of several major awards, including the Gold Medal for Photography at the Venice Biennale (1957), the first Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1978), the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (1974), and the Chevalier de l'Order de la Legion d'honneur (1976). His film, Tant qu'il aura des bêtes won Most Original Film at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Brassaï, The Artists of My Life (Viking Press), p. 223.