Gyula Halász known as BRASSAÏ (1899-1984).... - Lot 4 - Ader

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Gyula Halász known as BRASSAÏ (1899-1984).... - Lot 4 - Ader
Gyula Halász known as BRASSAÏ (1899-1984). L.S. and L.A.S., Paris 1961-1968, to Yvon Tallandier; 2 oblong pages in-8 on his letterhead. November 25, 1961. Sends him a bibliographical note and the article Du mur des cavernes au mur d'usine [Minotaure magazine, 1933], "where the thought - how groping and lame - nevertheless anticipated the new art and the rupture [...] intervened in our aesthetic feeling. I am myself a little surprised how in 1933 the frequentation of the wall and the influence of graffiti could incite me to write [...] these "prophetic" lines". He is delighted to have seen at home "all these beautiful things so close to what I love" ... March 2, 1968. "Dear friend, I was very very touched by your kindness. And your book, so beautiful and so successful, made me all the more happy because I adore Corot and his grandiose simplicity and because I am "convalescent" recovering from a heart attack, fortunately without too much seriousness"... It is thus a little imprudently that he launched into this exhibition of his carved pieces and his bronzes: "but as Rivarol said [...] "It is necessary that the heart breaks or is bronzed"... The book of Brassaï, Graffiti (Les éditions du temps Paris 1961), with dedication a.s. For Jacqueline Selz and Yvon Taillandier this journey of the eye on the walls of Paris. We can not more friendly Brassaï Paris, November 24, 1961.
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