Lot 97
  • 97

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • RUE MOUFFETARD
  • Gelatin silver print
large-format, signed in ink and blindstamped in the margin, 1954, printed later (Cartier-Bresson, pl. 141)

Provenance

Acquired from A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, 1990

Condition

This image also appears in 'A Propos de Paris,' pl. 16 and 'The Artless Art,' pl. 150) This print, on medium-weight paper with a semi-glossy, slightly pebbled surface, is in generally excellent condition. As is typical of prints of this image, when examined in raking light, tiny deposits of original retouching are visible throughout.
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