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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, 1933
gelatin silver print, printed 1968
credited, titled and numbered 'checklist #137' and 'S.17' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (38.7 x 26 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952, pl.17.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier–Bresson: Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 58.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 78.
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 122, p. 107.
Martine Franck et al., Henri Cartier–Bresson: Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2006, p. 101.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier–Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 92.
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This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition Cartier-Bresson: Recent Photographs presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1968.

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