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Brassaï

Born: Gyula Halász

Born: 1899, 9 September - Transylvania (now Romania) - Brasso, Siebenburgen (North of Bucharest)
Died: 1984, 8 July
Gender: Male
Active: France
 
French sculptor, writer, draughtsman and photographer.
 
There are currently over 1,400 high resolution scans of the work of Brassaï held by the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN) - Agence photographique (http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/home.aspx) which brings together material from French national museums. The original images are housed within a number of collections including those of the Pompidou Centre and the private collection of Mme Brassaï. The negatives, contacts and prints that he took on Picasso were given by Mme Brassaï to the Musée Picasso.
 
Through his career he worked with a number of different galleries. In the late 1960s, Brassai worked with Robert Schoelkopf, then Lee Witkin and then Marlborough Gallery in the 1970s, but for over the past twenty years the exclusive dealer of Brassai‘s work has been Edwynn Houk.
 
The status of the Estate is unclear at present but Agnes de Gouvion St. Cyr is the executor and she is also Inspecteur Generale for Photography in the French Ministry of Culture.
 
[Special thanks to Stuart Alexander for his advice on this.]

Genealogy of Brassaï

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Brassaï, n.d., Self portrait, Gelatin silver print, Piasa, LL/76266
Image: LL/76266
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Brassaï, n.d., Self-portrait, Painting, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/63938
Image: LL/63938
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Mile Savitry, n.d., Brassaï, Gelatin silver print, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/61581
Image: LL/61581
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Salvatore Piermarini, n.d., Brassaï, Parigi, 1932, Drawing, Provided by the artist - Salvatore Piermarini, LL/59273
Image: LL/59273
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Salvatore Piermarini, n.d., Brassaï, Paris, 1932 / Cannes, 1953, Drawing, Provided by the artist - Salvatore Piermarini, LL/59257
Image: LL/59257
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Brassaï, 1852 (taken) 1854 (print), Self Portrait, Gelatin silver print, Private collection of Henri van der Tol, LL/77140
Image: LL/77140
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Brassaï, 1931, Self-Portrait in an Opium Den, Gelatin silver print, Bonhams - New York, LL/66307
Image: LL/66307
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Brassaï, 1931-1932 (taken) 1960s (print), Brassaï Photographing, Boulevard Saint-Jacques, Gelatin silver print, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/45178
Image: LL/45178
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Brassaï, 1932, Salvador Dali and Gala, with Self Portrait, Private collection of Henri van der Tol, LL/47726
Image: LL/47726
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Brassaï, 1932 (taken) 1981 (print), Self Portrait., Silver print, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/113905
Image: LL/113905
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André Kertész, 1932, 15 August (date on card), Brassaï, Postcard, front and back, Hungarian National Museum, LL/70846
Image: LL/70846
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André Kertész, 1935, Brassaï with his parents, Paris, Gelatin silver print, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/107587
Image: LL/107587
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Emile Savitry, 1935, Brassaï., Silver print, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/113910
Image: LL/113910
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Nancy Newhall, 1952, Brassaï, Negative, gelatin on safety base sheet film, George Eastman Museum, LL/69890
Image: LL/69890
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Willy Ronis, 1954 (taken) 1970 (ca, print), The photographer Brassaï playing pinball, Gelatin silver print, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/47991
Image: LL/47991
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André Kertész, 1963, Brassaï in the Paris Metro, Silver print, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/69059
Image: LL/69059
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André Kertész, 1963, Brassaï, Paris, Gelatin silver print, Private collection, LL/28338
Image: LL/28338
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Brassaï, 1966, Self-portrait with Picasso, Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/56090
Image: LL/56090
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Ansel Adams, 1973, Brassaï, Gelatin silver print, Cleveland Museum of Art, LL/70177
Image: LL/70177
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Imogen Cunningham, 1973, Brassai, Photographer, Gelatin silver print, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, LL/81323
Image: LL/81323
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Judy Dater, 1973, Brassai, Gelatin silver print, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/92359
Image: LL/92359
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Neal White, 1974, Brassai, Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Neal White, LL/38212
Image: LL/38212
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Michel Quetin (1935-), 1974, 20 July, Gyula Halasz = Brassaï. Samedi 20 juillet 1974. Arles, Gelatin silver print, Drouot, LL/120490
Image: LL/120490
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Carl Uytterhaegen, 1976, Brassai, Arles, France, Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Carl Uytterhaegen, LL/15855
Image: LL/15855
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Nancy Lee Katz, 1976, Brassaï, Gelatin silver print, Private collection of Michael S. Sachs, LL/113027
Image: LL/113027
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Paul Maurer, 1978, July, Brassaï at the front door, Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Paul Maurer, LL/48608
Image: LL/48608
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Paul Maurer, 1978, July, Harry Callahan meeting Brassaï, Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Paul Maurer, LL/48607
Image: LL/48607
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Approved biographies

Biography provided by Focal press
 
Motivated by Kertész and influenced by the surrealists, Brassaï contrived stylized tableaus of risqué Paris night life that revealed the subconscious "social fantastic," a place of the erotic and dangerous that lay outside of mainstream society. Dubbed "The Eye of Paris," Brassaï subjects re-enacted their concealed activities for his camera and flash, delivering a theatrical version of a candid moment that demystified and humanized the people from the world of night.
 
(Author: RH)
 
Michael Peres (Editor-in-Chief), 2007, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th edition, (Focal Press) [ISBN-10: 0240807405, ISBN-13: 978-0240807409] (Used with permission)
 
Wikipedia
 
Brassaï (French: [bʁasaj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 - 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian-French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940 to 1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.
 

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