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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Hyères, France, 1932
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in ink and embossed photographer's copyright credit (margin); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 912 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 1134 x 1558 in. (29.8 x 39.6 cm.)
Provenance
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Viking Press, New York, 1968, pl. 22.
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, New York Graphic Society, New York, 1979, pl. 13.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 100.
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch Press, New York, 1996, pl. 77, p. 86.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 89.
Clement Cheroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Here and Now, Thames and Hudson, London, 2014, pl. 62.
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