Selected Images by Brassai

Brassai: Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris de Nuit 1932, Vintage silver print, 9-1/8 x 7 in. (232 x 179 mm), unmounted., Provenance: From the archive of an employee of "Arts et Métiers Graphiques", publisher of Brassai's important early book " Paris de Nuit". w1090j.

Brassai: Le Viaduc d'Auteuil 1932, Vintage silver print, 9-1/4 x 6-13/16 in. (236 x 174 mm), unmounted., Provenance: estate of Albert Skira, publisher of the surrealist journals Minotaure and Labyrinthe. Illustrated: Minotaure, no. 7, p. 30., and K. Ziebinska-Lewandowska, Graffiti Brassai Le Langage du Mur, Editions du Centre Pompidou/ Editions Xavier Barral, Paris 2016, p. 17. Nothing on reverse. w2675.

Brassai: La Mariée (The Bride, a character created by Jean Cocteau) c. 1945, Vintage silver print, 10-15/16 x 9-5/16 in. (278 x 237 mm), unmounted, with artists address stamp "81, rue du Faubourg St. Jacques" on reverse., Titled and annotated on reverse in pencil. Provenance: estate of Albert Skira, publisher of the surrealist journals Minotaure and Labyrinthe. Illustrated: Labyrinthe, no. 8, 'Les Poupées lucides', 15 Mai 1945, p. 5. w2674.

Brassai: Le Surrealisme á l'Exposition de la Mode c. 1945, Vintage silver print, 7 x 9-1/4 in. (178 x 236 mm), unmounted, with artists address stamp "81, rue du Faubourg St. Jacques" on reverse., Titled and annotated on reverse in pencil. Provenance: estate of Albert Skira, publisher of the surrealist journals Minotaure and Labyrinthe. Illustrated: Labyrinthe, no. 8, 'Les Poupées lucides', 15 Mai 1945, p. 4-13. z1151.