HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)

On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938

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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938
gelatin silver print, printed 1970s
signed in ink (margin); dated '1938' and numbered '34' in pencil (verso)
image: 9 ½ x 14 ¼ in. (24.2 x 36.2 cm.)
sheet: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo;
acquired from the above by the present owner, late 1970s.
Literature
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier–Bresson: Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 145.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 18391989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 277.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri CartierBresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London, 1999, pl. 111, p. 118.
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 69, p. 73.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier–Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 150.

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