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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Funeral of a Kabuki Actor, Japan, 1965
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in ink with embossed photographer's credit (margin)
image: 912 x 1418 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm.)
sheet: 1178 x 1578 in. (30.2 x 40.3 cm.)
Provenance
The Atelier Group;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Viking Press, New York, 1968, pl. 206.
Robert Shaplen, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Face of Asia, Viking Press, New York, 1972, pp. 130-131.
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch, New York, 1996, pl. 242.
Jean Clair and Philippe Arbaizar, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image and The World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2006, pl. 472.
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Here and Now, Thames & Hudson, London, 2014, pl. 325.
Clément Chéroux, Aperture Masters of Photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aperture, New York, 2014, pp. 82-83.
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