Lot 116
  • 116

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Mexico, 1934
  • Silver print
Silver print, printed 1970s. Signed in the lower margin.

Provenance

Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris
Private collection, France

Literature

Carlos Fuentes, Carnets Mexicains 1934-1964 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Pampelune, Hazan, 1995, ill. p. 77.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson photographe, Paris, Delpire, 2005, ill. p.26
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson Un siècle moderne, exhib. cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2010, ill. p.100

Condition

This silver print is in excellent condition. With a 4 cm loss at the lower edge, in the margin, near the right corner below the signature and away from the image.
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Catalogue Note

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos