Lot Essay
'Jeanine' referred to in Cartier-Bresson's inscription is Jeanine Leboeuf, the woman who retouched photographs at Picto. 'Pierre G.' is Pierre Gassmann, the owner-director of the lab, Picto.
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Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948
Details
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948
gelatin silver print, printed 1967
inscribed 'Voya délineavit, Jeanine encore plus, sans oublier Pierre G. qui a acheté le papier.' and 'Henri pinxit merci Voya H+C-B' in ink (in the margin)
image: 9½ x 14 1/8in. (24.2 x 36.1cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16in. (30.3 x 40.5cm.)
Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948
gelatin silver print, printed 1967
inscribed 'Voya délineavit, Jeanine encore plus, sans oublier Pierre G. qui a acheté le papier.' and 'Henri pinxit merci Voya H+C-B' in ink (in the margin)
image: 9½ x 14 1/8in. (24.2 x 36.1cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16in. (30.3 x 40.5cm.)
Provenance
From the artist;
to Voja Mitrovic, master printer for Cartier-Bresson;
to Peter Turnley
to Voja Mitrovic, master printer for Cartier-Bresson;
to Peter Turnley
Literature
Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment, Simon and Schuster, 1952, pl. 87; Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, Little, Brown and Co., 1979, pl. 77; Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, 2003, pl. 407, pp. 278-279; Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, 2010, p. 120
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