Lot 18
Lot 18
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Paris, 1945

Price Realised USD 5,000
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USD 5,000 - USD 7,000
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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Paris, 1945

Price Realised USD 5,000
Price Realised USD 5,000
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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Paris, 1945
gelatin silver print, printed early 1960s
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit and titled, dated, variously numbered in an unknown hand in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum label (mat, interior); a second Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (mat, verso)
image: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 in. (40 x 30.4 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1964.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Viking Press, New York, 1968, pl. 102.
Robert Delpire, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aperture Inc., New York, 1976, p. 43.
Yves Bonnevoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1979, pl. 99.
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1996, pl. 261.
E.H. Gombrich, Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1998, pl. 27.
Philippe Arbaïzar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image, and the World, Thames and Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 227.
Martine Franck, Henri Cartier-Bresson/Scrapbook, Thames and Hudson Ltd., New York, 2006, p. 215.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 223.
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson; Here and Now, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 2014, pl. 288.
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