[Photography]. Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász, 1899-1984).
The Artists of My Life. New York: The Viking Press, 1982.
4to. Original patterned cloth, lucite tie at fore-edge.
LIMITED EDITION, number 141 of 150 copies, SIGNED BY BRASSAÏ. WITH ADDITIONAL DUST-GRAIN PHOTOGRAVURE SIGNED BY BRASSAÏ of Henri Matisse in his studio with a model. Brassaï was a Hungarian-French sculptor and photographer who moved from his native Transylvania to Paris following the end of the First World War. His photographs of post-war Paris, many of which featured fellow artists like Henri Matisse and Salvador Dalí, gained him international renown.
This lot is located in Chicago.