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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Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1932
Details
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1932
gelatin silver print, printed 1968
titled, dated, numbered 'Checklist #136' and variously annotated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (38.8 x 26.1 cm.)
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1932
gelatin silver print, printed 1968
titled, dated, numbered 'Checklist #136' and variously annotated in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (38.8 x 26.1 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Images à la Sauvette, Verve, Paris, 1952, pl. 26.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, Delpire, Paris, 1979, p. 14.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 101.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 274.
Vera Feyder, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris à vue d'oeil, Seuil, Paris, 1994, pl. 33.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier–Bresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London, 1999, pl. 89, p. 96.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, De qui s'agit-il?, Bibliothèque nationale de France/Gallimard, Paris, 2003 p. 59.
Michel Frizot et al., Le scrapbook d'Henri Cartier-Bresson, Steidl, Göttingen, 2006, pl. 20.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 81.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, Delpire, Paris, 1979, p. 14.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 101.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 274.
Vera Feyder, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris à vue d'oeil, Seuil, Paris, 1994, pl. 33.
Jean–Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier–Bresson and the Artless Art, Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London, 1999, pl. 89, p. 96.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, De qui s'agit-il?, Bibliothèque nationale de France/Gallimard, Paris, 2003 p. 59.
Michel Frizot et al., Le scrapbook d'Henri Cartier-Bresson, Steidl, Göttingen, 2006, pl. 20.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 81.
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