Sale 9740
London, South Kensington
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18 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,645
Estimate
BRASSAI Picasso I (Personnages) 6 gelatin silver prints. c.1932. Each variously stamped Gyula Halasz, 74 rue de la Glacière and Minotaure, several titled and annotated in pencil on verso. Each approx. 9 x 5 3/8in. (22.7 x 13.7cm.) (6)
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Literature
A. Breton, "Picasso dans son élément", Minotaure, no. 1, 1933, pp. 20-23.
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