Lot #94: BRASSAI [gyula halasz] - Chat blanc de l'epicerie - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Brassai [gyula halasz] (Hungarian/French, 1899-1984).
Title: "Chat blanc de l'epicerie".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed c1937. Printed 1938.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 5/8 x 9 in. (295 x 229 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): A rare Brassai image. The only auction record of the silver print we could find was Christie's New York, 2007, at $32,200. Image copyright © Brassaï Estate/Reunion des Musees Nationaux. [23545-2-500]