Brassaï Art
to
9
1
1
9
2
10
1
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
1
9
6
5
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
8
1
1
54
7,728
4,945
2,504
1,367
9
1
1
Artist: Brassaï
Brassaï: A Portfolio of Ten Photographs
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
A portfolio containing ten silver gelatin prints mounted on board
Accompanied by title page signed and dated by Brassaï
Housed in black cloth slipcase
Number 28 from a limited editio...
Category
20th Century Brassaï Art
Materials
Black and White
Brassaï Original Black & White Photograph of a Street Fair
By Brassaï
Located in New York, NY
BRASSAI (Hungarian–French, 1899-1984)
Street Fair on the Place d'Italie, 1931
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: 1970's
Printed in the USA
Image: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Although his real nameis Gyula Halasz, he took the name Brassai from his birthplace, and it means someone who comes from Brasov. He used the name all his adult life and is known throughout the world as Brassai.
He was of Hungarian ethnic origins. Brasov in Transylvania has been a part of Romania since the end of the First World War, and that region is still largely populated by ‘Romanain-Hungarians.’ Two of these became well known in the film industry: Bela Lugosi and Gabriel Pascal. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the War, most of its territories were distributed amongst a number of nations. It was at this time that Transylvania returned to its earlier identity as part of Romania.
Brassai had served in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry for the last year of the War, 1917-1918. After he settled in Paris in 1924, Brassai never returned to his homeland, remaining in exile for the rest of his life. His parents continued to live in Brasov but joined him for long visits in Paris.
In 1949 Brassai became a French citizen, having been a stateless person since 1947. He fell in love with a French woman, Gilberte Boyer, and they married in 1948. Gilberte worked closely with her husband as he pursued his photographic career, helping him develop prints in his dark-room, and often writing descriptions of the subjects and personalities. It was also in 1949 that a book with 207 photographs of Picasso’s sculptures was published, with photographs by Brassai. He and Picasso became friends and the latter asked him to photograph his work for this volume. Brassai was a frequent visitor to Picasso’s studio and there he took several portraits of the artist.
Brassai has become one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century with collectors all over the world seeking his work. In an era which produced several brilliant and inspired photographers, not least Brassai’s friend Man Ray, he was able to capture a quality of magic in the atmosphere, bordering on the supernatural. Many of his pictures were taken at night or in fog, a frequent condition in Paris in the early part of the twentieth century. Even his day time photographs capture a moment of eerie transition between the mundane and the surreal. He is on the doorstep of another world where time stands still. Light becomes spectral as if it is the breath of an invisible power. Figures seem set in amber. Wet cobbles seem to slither and flow. A Master of capturing the ordinary, Brassai saw things as they were but transmuted the scene through his use of the lens into something outside the ordinary.
Brassai was a familiar figure prowling round Paris after dark with his camera and tripod and heavy bag of glass photographic plates. He was sometimes accompanied by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, or Leon Paul...
Category
1930s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure
Madam Bijoux
By Brassaï
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Brassaï (1899–1984) was a Hungarian-French photographer celebrated for his images illuminating both Parisian nightlife and high society. He is remembered as one of the most influenti...
Category
1930s Romantic Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl Playing Snooker, Montmarte
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Matisse with his Model
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gala Soirée at Maxim's
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1940s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hospice at Beaune
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1950s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Bijou' of Montmarte
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Pablo Picasso with Stove
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Market Porter, Les Halles
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bal-Musette
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse
Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches
From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Related Items
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brassaï Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot in "Une Parisienne"
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph features Brigitte Bardot from the 1957 film Une Parisienne. She is sitting on a bed, wearing a light-colored, sleeveless dress with delicate straps an...
Category
1950s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Bryant Park" New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited Edition
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Bryant Park” New York, Giclee Print, Limited Edition
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 42 x 28
External Dimension( with white border) : Height: 43.6 inch Weigh...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brassaï Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Grace (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Grace (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brassaï Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.3 in
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
By Jeanloup Sieff
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure, Archival Paper
Poppy No.9 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
Poppy No.9 printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper, this limited edition piece measures 40 x 32 cm and is part of an exclusive series of 20 prints, each hand-s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Brassaï Art
Materials
Giclée
H 15.75 in W 12.6 in D 0.2 in
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
By Jeanloup Sieff
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure, Archival Paper
Set of Six Karl Blossfeldt Photogravures, Unframed - Plant Study, Nature Design
By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Dallas, TX
A collection of six monochromatic plant studies by Karl Blossfeldt. This selection of photogravures comes from Blossfeldt's books, Wunder in der Natur and Urformen der Kunst.
Image...
Category
1920s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure
Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn rehearsing in NYC, 1965. Signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed during a rehearsal in Manhattan in 1965. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes di...
Category
1960s Pop Art Brassaï Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
By Jeanloup Sieff
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure, Archival Paper
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
By Jeanloup Sieff
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure, Archival Paper
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
By Jeanloup Sieff
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Brassaï Art
Materials
Photogravure, Archival Paper
Previously Available Items
Paris de Nuit.
By Brassaï
Located in New York, NY
BRASSAI. Paris de Nuit. With text by Paul Morand. Illustrated with 62 photographs by Brassai and photographic endleaves. 8vo., bound in original wrappe...
Category
1930s Brassaï Art
Materials
Paper
Brassaï art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Brassaï art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Brassaï in silver gelatin print, intaglio, photogravure and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Brassaï art, so small editions measuring 9 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Alfred Stieglitz, William Rittase, and Dan Budnik. Brassaï art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,800 and tops out at $15,000, while the average work can sell for $9,000.