Brassaï (Gyula Halász) - Commissariat de Police, Rue de la Huchette, Paris - image-1
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Brassaï (Gyula Halász) - Commissariat de Police, Rue de la Huchette, Paris - image-1Brassaï (Gyula Halász) - Commissariat de Police, Rue de la Huchette, Paris - image-2

Lot 614 D

Brassaï (Gyula Halász) - Commissariat de Police, Rue de la Huchette, Paris

Auction 1232 - overview Cologne
01.12.2023, 14:00 - Photography
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.780 € (incl. premium)

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Commissariat de Police, Rue de la Huchette, Paris
1933

Ferrotyped gelatin silver print, printed 1960s. 21.9 x 25.6 cm. Signed in pencil, photographer's, copyright and 'Tirage de l'Auteur' stamp as well as negative number in ink on the verso.

The police station pictured is the oldest station in the city of Paris.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin

Literature

Brassaï. Das geheime Paris. Bilder der dreißiger Jahre, Frankfurt a.M. 1976, ill. p. 63 (variant); Paul Morand et al. (eds.), Brassaï. Nächtliches Paris. Paris de Nuit, Munich 1979, plate 40 (variant)