'The Stairs of Montmartre' by Brassai

            La Escaliers de Montmartre (The Stairs of Montmartre), Paris, by Hungarian-born French photographer, Jules (Gyula) Halasz (1899-1984), better known by his pseudonym 'Brassai'.  Brassai liked to photograph so-called 'night people' (dancehall girls, drinkers, lovers, hoodlums) and scenes of Parisian streets, bridges and tourists.

This photograph was taken by Brassai in 1936 at the top of the funicular stairway at Rue Foyatier on Montmartre in the Montparnasse District of Paris. This unusual street was opened in 1867 and named after the sculptor Denis Foyatier (1793-1863).  It is particularly representative of the atmosphere that can reign in the neighborhood on a winter morning.  Images of rue Foyatier, and other staircases leading up la butte Montmartre, have become iconic images of Paris thanks to the work of Brassaï.

Seen on exhibit and photographed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

Taken in: United States / California / Financial District (show map)

Taken on: November 27, 2018

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