Lot 122
  • 122

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Henri Matisse, villa "Le Rêve", Vence, February 1944.
  • photograph
Silver print, printed 1980s. Signed and dedicated pour Voya in ink in the lower margin. Mounted by the edges to passe-partout and framed.

Provenance

From the artist to Voya Mitrovic to Peter Turnley
Christie's, New York, Photographs, 4 october 2012, lot 158

Literature

Nancy Newhall, The photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1947, ill. p. 50
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson photographe, Paris, Delpire, 2005, pl. 126
Philippe Arbaïzar, Jean Clair, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World, a retrospective, London, Thames & Hudson, 2003, pl. 200
Agnès Sire, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook, Photographs 1932-1946, London, Thames & Hudson, 2006, ill. pp. 68, 205
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The modern century, exhib. cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2010, ill. p206

Condition

This silver print is in overall very good condition. Corners and edges are hidden by the mount.
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Catalogue Note

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos