Lot 55
  • 55

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Siphnos, Greece, 1961
Silver print, signed in ink in the margin and with the photographer's copyright blindstamp. Printed later.

Literature

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, pl. 44.
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, The man the image and the world. A retrospective, text by P. Arbaïzar et al, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 344, p. 235.

Condition

A few dots of standard retouching visible in a raking light. Otherwise condition is excellent.
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