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Brassaï (Gyula Halász) — Couple at the Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Couple at the Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe

A shadowy, intimate scene captured by Brassaï reveals a couple locked in a close embrace on the dance floor of a working-class Parisian dance hall. The photograph's rich, velvety blacks and soft gradations of light reflect the artist's mastery of nighttime photography, immersing the viewer in the smoky, sensual atmosphere of 1930s Montmartre. Brassaï's unflinching yet tender gaze transforms an ordinary moment of human connection into a timeless meditation on desire and the hidden life of the city after dark.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1940.

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November 7, 2013

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Brassaï (Gyula Halász), Couple at the Bal des Quatre Saisons, Rue de Lappe

A shadowy, intimate scene captured by Brassaï reveals a couple locked in a close embrace on the dance floor of a working-class Parisian dance hall. The photograph's rich, velvety blacks and soft gradations of light reflect the artist's mastery of nighttime photography, immersing the viewer in the smoky, sensual atmosphere of 1930s Montmartre. Brassaï's unflinching yet tender gaze transforms an ordinary moment of human connection into a timeless meditation on desire and the hidden life of the city after dark.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1940.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, 20th Century, Parisian Nightlife, Figurative Photography, Male Artist, Paris Social Life, Hungarian-French Photographer, Documentary Photography, Early 20th Century, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Intimate Mood, Surrealist Influence, Nightlife Scene, Silver Gelatin Print, Romantic Mood, Nightlife Subject, Parisian Scene, Street Photography, Master Photographer, Black and White

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