mounted on Crescent board, annotated 'P' in an unidentified hand in ink and with a Fergus-Jean and Associates Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, label on the reverse, matted, 1938, printed circa 1958-60; accompanied by a 1987 letter from Arthur C. Clarke on Leica Historical Society of America stationery regarding his original purchase of this print

Acquired from Magnum Photos by Arthur C. Clarke, Columbus, Ohio, circa 1958-1960

Fergus-Jean and Associates, Columbus, Ohio

Acquired by t🎀he present owner from the above, 1987

Other prints of this image:

Weston J. Naef, Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photographs (Tཧhe Metꦅropolitan Museum of Art, 1982, in conjunction with the exhibition), pl. 3

Robert Delpire, et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (Boston, 1979), pl. 145

Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and The Artless Art (Boston, 1996), pl. 111

Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work (The Museum of Modern Art, 1987, in cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚonj꧟unction with the exhibition), fig. 36, p. 42

Daniel Wolf and Mike Weaver, The Art of Photography, 1839 -1989 (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1989, in conjunction with the exhibition originating at the Museum ꧅of Fine Arts, Houston), pl. 277

This print, on single-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. The upper left and lower right corners are lightly bumped, and there is tiny chipping, visible only under close examination, at the lower right corner tip. When examined in raking light, small deposits of original retouching are visible. The mount is cream-colored Crescent illustration board, and it is in generally excellent condition. There is a remnant of cloth tape at the upper edge, from a prior matting.
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