Lot 215
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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON | On the Banks of the Marne

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cartier Bresson, Henri
  • On the Banks of the Marne
  • 9 1/2  by 14 3/8  in. (24.1 by 36.5 cm.)
signed in ink and with the photographer's blindstamp in the margin, 1938, printed later (Cartier-Bresson, pl. 146; The Modern Century, p. 150)

Condition

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. As is typical of Cartier-Bresson's later prints, scattered deposits of original retouching are visible in raking light. There are two hinge remnants at the upper edge of the reverse.
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