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Pages: 192, Edition: 25th, Hardcover, Taschen

A rare discovery of more than 150 previously unpublished photographs in black and white and in color, from a legendary photographer.160;Despite strong personal and professional ties in the U.S.--Henry Miller, Harper's Bazaar's Carmel Snow, and Edward Steichen, who featured Brassai's work in many MoMA exhibitions--Brassai remained reticent about travel to the U.S. until 1957 when Holiday magazine offered generous compensation (and artistic freedom) to photograph New York and Louisiana. From the first...

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Poirier, Diane Elisabeth. BRASSAI: An Illustrated Biography. 208 pp., 163 b&w illustrations. Folio, wraps. Paris, Flammarion, 2005. A comprehensive look at a photographer who always managed to be contemporary and to make crucial work throughout his long career, from the atmospheric Parisian cityscapes of the 20s to the graffitti images of the 60s. Text in English.

Stamped on the verso with Brassai's earliest stamp with his address on rue de la Glaciere. A beautifully abstract and lyrical image and print: one of the earliest of Brassai's images.

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Arriving in Paris in 1924, Brassa rapidly became a shrewd observer of nocturnal Parisian life. He sensed that photography was the tool that would allow him to document his vision of a dying society.Fascinated by the night, which he found disconcerting, enigmatic, and suggestive, Brassa photographed its every aspect, from police to prostitutes to the homeless to socialites, all in a dreamlike and mysterious manner. In sixty-four images, Brassa succeeded in remarkably capturing this unique ambience...

These contacts made in the 1950s are probably unique in this format. Reportedly the man and woman most prominant are Joe and Rose Kennedy. See: Collection de Photographies du Musee National d'Art Modern: Photographies 1905-1948, p.97; Sayag and Lionel-Marie, Brassai: The Monograph, p.94; Durrell, Brassai (MOMA), p.18; Gautrand, Paris Mon Amour, p.115; Sichel, Brassai: Paris le Jour, Paris la Nuit, pl.91; Travis, Paris Photographs from a Time That Was (Art institute and Yale University Press, 2...

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Atmospheric nighttime image of Conchita dancing before a group of men. Not stamped or signed, but an important published vintage Brassai. See: Sayag and Lionel-Marie, Brassai: The Monograph, p.251; and Tucker, Brassai: The Eye of Paris, pl.112; Gautrand, Brassai (Tashen), p.122; and Brassai, The Secret Paris of the 30s, u.p. for slightly different croppings.

Pages: 17, Digital, University of Oklahoma

“What characterizes a good photographer is that he has both that journalistic sense (he seizes whatever is interesting in the world) and, at the same time, the sense of form. For me, the criterion of a good photograph is that it be unforgettable."

Nicknamed the 'Eye of Paris' by Henry Miller, Brassai was one of the great European photographers of the 20th century. This volume of letters and photographs, many published for the first time, chronicles the fascinating early years of Brassai's life and artistic development in Paris and Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s. The amazing letters Brassai wrote to his parents during his years as a student and struggling artist in Paris and Berlin are published here in English for the first time. Just as...

Translated by Richard Howard from Marcel Proust sous l'emprise de la photographie . One of the most original and memorable photographers of the twentieth century, Brassaï was also a journalist, sculptor, and writer. He took great pride in his writing, and he loved literature and language-French most of all. When he arrived in Paris in 1924, Brassaï began teaching himself French by reading Proust. Captured by the sensuality and visual strategies of Proust's writing, Brassaï soon became convinced that...

This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear to the cover corners. Very clean inside and just light soil outside. This exhibition of Brassai photographs collects together the portraits of artists in their studios that Brassai produced from the 1930's through the 1950's. 8 black & white photographs reproduced, including the ones on the covers. The photographs are of Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Braque, Giacometti, Cocteau, Bonnard, Maillol and Dali. Altogether there were 61 photographs in the...