Lot 23
  • 23

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • 'Rue Mouffetard', Paris, 1954
  • silver print
  • 35 x 23.5 cm (13¾  x 9¼ in.) 
Silver print printed probably 1970's. Signed in ink and photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin. Mounted to passe-partout and framed.

Provenance

Robert Klein Gallery, London Private collection, France

Literature

Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, Paris, Delpoy, 1979, pl. 140.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World, London, Thames and Hudson, pl. 65.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Modern Century, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, pl. 65.
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and The Artless Art, Paris, Flammarion, 1995, ill. p. 157.

Condition

This silver print is in overall excellent condition. The mounting does not allow us to inspect edges and corners. On the reverse, a tiny lack a paper in the upper part.
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