Henri Cartier-Bresson
'Bougival' (Yvelines, France)
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November 16, 12:07 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
'Bougival' (Yvelines, France)
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, signed, titled, and dated '1958' ink, annotated 'Boat on the river Seওine, near Paris' and inscribed in ink by Melitta Ninaud, and with a 'Complimentary Print' Magnum copyright/reproduction rights stamp on the reverse, 1956
image: 29 by 19 cm (11⅜ by 7½ in.)
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson (London, 1968), p. 51
Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art (Boston, 1996), p. 223
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, Image and the World (New York, 2003), p. 64
Peter Galassi, ed., Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century (New York: The ꩵMuseum of Modern Art, 2010), p. 149
The inscription on the reverse of the mount reads 'For Mark Jared; with many wishes for his happiness, and as a🌱 souvenir of his first – and vꦗery comfortable – journey to France, in 1966 – Melitta.' It is in the hand of Melitta Ninaud, the wife of Georges Ninaud. The latter was the office manager at Magnum Photos during the 1950s.
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