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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Henri Matisse, Vence, France, 1944
gelatin silver print, printed early 1960s
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit, Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp and credited in pencil (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 in. (28.5 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1964.
Literature
Henri-Cartier Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Viking Press, Inc., New York, 1968, pl. 121.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 126.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri CartierBresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London, 1999, pl. 277, p. 279.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 226.
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