BRASSAI

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BRASSAI

Picasso's Studio, Rue des Grands Augustins, Paris, after a reading of his play Le Désir attrapé par la queue

Gelatin silver print. 1944. Rue du Faub St. Jacques stamp on the verso. 9 1/8 x 11¾in. Framed.

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Standing from left to right: Jacques Lacan, Cecile Eluard, Pierre Reverdy, Louise Leiris, Zanie Aubier, Picasso, Valentine Hugo, Simone de Beauvoir; and first row: Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Michel Leiris, Jean Aubier and Kazbok, the dog.