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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Cordoba, Spain, 1933
gelatin silver print, printed early 1960s
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'Single 5D' in pencil (verso)
image: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (36.2 x 23.4 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.1 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the photographer to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, c. 1964.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Viking Press, New York, 1968, p. 2.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aperture, Millerton, New York, 1976, p. 9.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier Bresson, Photographer, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1979, p. 150.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art , New York, 1987, p. 131.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 18391989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 272.
Martine Franck, Henri-Cartier-Bresson, Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, London, 2006, ill. 75, p. 124.
Anne Cartier-Bresson and Jean-Pierre Montier, Revoir Henri Cartier Bresson, Textuel, Paris, 2009, ill. 80, p. 295.
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Here and Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013, ill. 85, p. 107.
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