Brassaï‘Bijou’ of Montmartre, 1932

£3,500

Titled and numbered on publisher's label, affixed to reverseFrom a portfolio of 10 silver gelatin prints

Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973

9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

Edition of 50

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Brassai, 'Bijou of Montmartre'

Titled and numbered on publisher's label, affixed to reverseFrom a portfolio of 10 silver gelatin prints

Edition of 50

Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973

9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

Print

This artwork is from a portfolio of 10 silver gelatin prints, printed in 1973 in a limited edition of 50. The print is mounted to board, inscribed with the title and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse.

Framing

Brassaï: 'Bijou' of Montmartre. For this picture, we recommend book-mounting the print in a passepartout and framing in a black wooden box. It is widely accepted as the most traditional way to frame photography—especially rare or vintage works—giving visual priority to the image and yet fitting stylishly into most interiors. The price includes framing in this style, however it is possible to buy the work un-framed.

Shipping

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Artwork In Detail

Brassaï’s best known photographs come from the 1930s, and deal with Paris’s seamier side: prostitutes, down and outs, drinkers, pimps and other inhabitants of the night, all taken in poor light, and filled with brooding atmosphere and implied narratives. Late in the decade, he added further to this repertoire by focusing on the city’s graffiti, the subject of a solo exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1957. However, he also photographed the more respectable sections of Paris society: its writers, artists, intellectuals, operas and ballets.

Brassai, 'Bijou of Montmartre'
Brassai, 'Bijou of Montmartre'

Brassaï

‘Bijou’ of Montmartre, 1932

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Brassaï: ‘Bijou’ of Montmartre (1932)

Brassaï

Romania

B. 1899-1984

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The Artist

One of the most renowned photographers of the interwar period, Brassaï, born Gyula Halász (1899-1984), enjoyed a natural affinity with Paris, revelling in the city’s rich atmosphere and photographic potential. The artist’s photographs of Parisian street scenes would later come to epitomise the Surrealist uptake and embodiment of the flâneur.

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