Brassaï (Gyula Halász) - Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago London Monday, November 17, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Purchased from Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1974

  • Literature

    Grenier, Brassaï, pl. 21
    Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Brassai: pour l'amour de Paris, p. 48

36

Soirée de gala, Chez Maxim's, Paris

1949
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
32.6 x 24 cm (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Signed and numbered 7/30 in ink in the margin; signed in ink, '81, Rue du Faub.-St-Jacques' credit, '81, Faubourg St-Jacques' copyright credit, 'Tirage de l'Auteur' and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso; 'The Art Institute of Chicago' collection label affixed to the reverse of the mat.

Estimate
£3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠

Sold for £10,000

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

London 18 November 2014 2pm