Brassaï
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"Présentations chez Suzy", 1932
Signed Brassaï. Copyright stamp "Brassaï, 81 Faubourg St- Jaques Paris" on verso. Gelatin silver print 28 x 21.5 cm. Sheet 30.2 x 23.5 cm.
Exhibitions
Another example exhibited at:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," 23 September 1989 – 31 December 1989. The exhibition traveled to four other big institutions in the US.
IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez Valencia, "The New Vision, IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia," 20 January 1995 – 26 March 1995.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940," 3 June 2008 – 1 September 2008.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "Naked before the Camera," 27 March 2012 – 9 September 2012.
Literature
Brassaï, "The Secret Paris of the '30s", 1976, illustrated on the cover.
Peter Galassi,"Brassaï", 2018, illustrated on p. 193.
More information
Motivet finns bland annat i samlingarna på The Metropolitan Museum of Art i New York. De skriver följande om Brassaïs bild:
"Brassaï made his name as a chronicler of the night, with images that ranged from reflections on wet cobblestones to the denizens of bars and brothels. Like so many of his photographs, Introductions at Suzy’s was not an impromptu scene caught by an undetected observer but rather a carefully constructed tableau meant to highlight the dynamic between buttoned-up bourgeois clients and Suzy’s bevy of prostitutes, naked but for their bracelets and high heels. The "client" was actually Brassaï’s friend and bodyguard; the "girls," however, were not stand-ins."