Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection
Brassaï
A Portfolio of Ten Photographs by Brassaï
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15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection
Brassaï
1899 - 1984
A Portfolio of Ten Photographs by Brassaï
(Roslyn Heights, New York: Witkin-Berley, Ltd., 1973, an edition of 50), the complete portfolio of 10 gelatin silver prints, each mounted, the portfolio label, with sequential numbers and edition '48' in ink, on the reverse; together with the printed title, signed and dated and with edition number '48' in ink, plate list, and printed matter. Folio, black cloth case and slipcase with printed title
images: each approximately 11⅞ by 9¼ in. (30.2 by 23.5 cm.) or the reverse
portfolio case: 21⅛ by 16⅞ in. (53.7 by 42.9 cm.)
Executed in 1932-51, printed in 1973.
Christie's New York, 27 April 2004, Lot 123
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Individual titles as follows:
1. Bal Musette, 1932
2. 'Bijou' of Montmartre, 1932
3. Staircase in Montmartre, 1932
4. Girl Playing Snooker, Montmartre, 1933
5. Avenue de L'Observatoire, 1934
6. Portrait of Picasso with Stove, 1939
7. Market Porter, Les Halles, 1939
8. Matisse with his Model, 1939
9. Gala Soirée at Maxim's, 1949
10. Hospice de Beaune, 1951
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