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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
During the Visit of George VI of England to Versailles, 1938
gelatin silver print, printed before 1964
stamped photographer's/Magnum credit and Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp, titled and dated in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, inside); second Museum 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 photographer to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964.
Literature
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 87, p. 82.
Martine Franck et al., Henri Cartier–Bresson: Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2006, p. 201.

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