Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004). New Orleans, Louisiana, 1947. Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s. Signed by ...

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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004)
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1947
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s. Signed by the artist, titled and various notations in an unknown hand in pencil, stamped USA Noirs and with Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum stamps, verso.
image: 8-1/4 x 11-3/4 inches (21.0 x 29.8 cm)
sheet: 10 x 12 inches

PROVENANCE:
Collection of Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
Christie's Paris, Photographies provenant de la Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, November 11, 2011, lot 59

LITERATURE:
Y. Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographe, Delpire, Paris, 1979, p.50);
De qui s'agit-il? Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bibliothèque nationale de France/Gallimard, Paris, 2003, p.197;
A. Sire, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans: Photographier l'Amérique 1929-1947, Steidl, Göttingen, 2008, p.143.


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