Literature
Brassai.
Paris de Nuit - Paris by Night. Introduction by Paul Morand.
Paris. Art et Metiers Graphiques. 1933. Folio (250 x 190 mm). Sixty black and white photographs. Original spiral-bound photo-illustrated card wrappers (minor edge-wear and shallow creases).
First edition of Brassai's first book. "The book created a sensation when it was published; many pictures from the series were deemed too risqué and were not exhibited or published for decades, until the 1976 sequel, The Secret Paris of the 1930s . The first book set [Brassa"i] on a lucrative and prolific career" (McDarrah, 55).Parr & Badger I:134. Open Book , 110-11.
Price: £ 3000
US Dollar Price: $ 4530
Stock Number: 76263