Lot Essay
This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition Cartier-Bresson: Recent Photographs presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1968.
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On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938
Details
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed 1968
credited, titled, dated '1939' and numbered 'checklist #141' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.7 x 58.6 cm.)
On the Banks of the Marne, France, 1938
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed 1968
credited, titled, dated '1939' and numbered 'checklist #141' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.7 x 58.6 cm.)
Provenance
Purchase and gift of the artist to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968.
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 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 277.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier–Bresson 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.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 277.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier–Bresson 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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