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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Lot 9 'I am just one of the very many photographers who were encouraged by Norman.'
Condolence letter from Henri Cartier-Bresson to his widow, Mrs Lorna Hall, Paris, July 7, 1978

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Funeral Pyre of Gandhi, on the banks of the Sumna River, Delhi, India, 1948

Closed21 May 2010

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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Funeral Pyre of Gandhi, on the banks of the Sumna River, Delhi, India, 1948
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
annotated '#313' and star symbol in pencil (verso)
12¼ x 19¾ in. (31.3 x 50.3 cm.)

Specialist note

The 1957 exhibition catalogue entry explains: 'The first flames of the pyre rising'.