Brassaï (Gyula Halász, known as) (1899-1984)
Professor Louis Dimier, member of the Institut, on the banks of the Seine, 1931.
Vintage silver print.
50 x 40.5 cm

Provenance :
François Lepage Collection, Paris. 

In the 1963 Bibliothèque nationale catalog devoted to Brassaï, we learn that the photographer took this photo without knowing that it was of Louis Dimier. It was at an exhibition twenty years later that a woman recognized her father-in-law in the image.
A similar print, of similar dimensions, is preserved in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Lot no. 92

Brassaï (Gyula Halász, known as) (1899-1984) Professor Louis Dimier, member of the Institut, on the banks of the Seine, 1931. Vintage silver print. 50 x 40.5 cm Provenance : François Lepage Collection, Paris. In the 1963 Bibliothèque nationale catalog devoted to Brassaï, we learn that the photographer took this photo without knowing that it was of Louis Dimier. It was at an exhibition twenty years later that a woman recognized her father-in-law in the image. A similar print, of similar dimensions, is preserved in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Estimate
€2,000 - €3,000
Result
€1,950
Buyer's premium
30%
Brassaï (Gyula Halász, known as) (1899-1984) Professor Louis Dimier, member of the Institut, on the banks of the Seine, 1931. Vintage silver print. 50 x 40.5 cm Provenance : François Lepage Collection, Paris. In the 1963 Bibliothèque nationale catalog devoted to Brassaï, we learn that the photographer took this photo without knowing that it was of Louis Dimier. It was at an exhibition twenty years later that a woman recognized her father-in-law in the image. A similar print, of similar dimensions, is preserved in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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