Lot 31
Lot 31
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Salerno, Italy, 1933

Price Realised USD 20,000
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USD 25,000 - USD 35,000
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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Salerno, Italy, 1933

Price Realised USD 20,000
Price Realised USD 20,000
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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Salerno, Italy, 1933
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed before 1963
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (23.8 x 35.2 cm.)
mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1963.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952, pl. 9, n.p.
Robert Delpire, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aperture Inc., New York, 1976, p. 95.
Yves Bonnevoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979, pl. 24.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 95
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1996, pl. 54.
Philippe Arbaïzar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image, and the World, Thames and Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 411.
Martine Franck, Henri Cartier-Bresson/Scrapbook, Thames and Hudson Ltd., New York, 2006, p. 97
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 88.
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson; Here and Now, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 2014, pl. 50.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Circulating Exhibition: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1963–1965.
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