Lot 77
  • 77

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Behind the Gare St Lazare, 1932
Silver print, signed in ink the margin. Printed later. Framed.

Literature

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Photographer, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, p. 15.
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, The man, the image and the world, A restrospective, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 45, p. 59. 

Condition

Lightly stressed in the lower portion, a stress-mark of some 2 cm being situated c.3 cm from the border, above the artist's signature. Copiously retouched in the print.
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