Lot 145
  • 145

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Lock at Bougival, Yvelines, 1956
  • silver print
Silver print, probably printed in the 1990s. Signed in ink and photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin. On the reverse, "HCB" Foundation's stamp.

Provenance

Christie's, Paris, HCB : 100 photographies provenant de la Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, 11 November 2011, lot 9

Literature

The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, London, Viking Press, 1968, pl. 5
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographie, Paris, Delpire, 1989, ill. p. 145
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Seine Kunst - Sein Leben, Munich, Schirmer/Dosel, 1996, ill. p. 223
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Europeans, London, Thames and Hudson, 1999, ill. cover and p. 20

Condition

This silver print is in overall excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos