Sale 1274
| New York
| New York
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
With James Danziger Gallery, New York, acquired 1998
Literature:
Cartier-Bresson: Images à la Sauvette, Verve, 1952, pl. 11
Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 102
De qui s'agit il?: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bibliothèque Nationale de France/ Gallimard, 2003, p. 101
One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one’s quarry; you don’t swish the water when you are fishing.
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON
Neutral toned print on semi-gloss, double-weight paper, trimmed to edges. Tiny ding, upper right quadrant; bumped corners; light wear to lower left edge, all visible in a raking light, under close inspection or not affecting image significantly. A beautiful print, in very good condition. Sold framed.
Frame dimensions: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2in. (plexi)
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