Lot 21
  • 21

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • 'Alberto Giacometti, 14th arrondissement, Paris', 1961
  • Signed and blind-stamped
  • Gelatin silver print
  • Image: 35.7 x 24 cm / Paper: 40 x 30 cm
Silver print, printed later. Signed in ink and with the photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin.

Provenance

Directly from the artist

Literature

The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, London, Thames & Husdon, 1968, ill. pl. 114;
Henri Cartier-Bresson. Photographer, London, Thames & Hudson, 1979/1999, ill. p. 11;
Peter Galassi et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson : The Man, the Image and the World, London, Thames & Hudson, 2003, ill. pl. 212;
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson, ex. cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2014, ill. pl. 289.

Condition

This print is in overall good to very good condition. With a crease (approx. 3cm) in the upper left quadrant, a light retouching mark in the upper right quadrant and very small retouching marks in the lower quadrants, all only visible in raking light.
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