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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Lot 171

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)

Guéthary, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 1994

Closed5 October 2012

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USD 17,500

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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Guéthary, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 1994
gelatin silver print, possibly unique
inscribed 'à Voya cette photo c'est du piano à quatre mains, sauf qu'il y a tes 10 doigts, et moi un seul... Très amicalement Henri etc....' in ink (in the margin)
image: 12 1/8 x 18in. (30.7 x 45.8cm.)
sheet: 16 x 20in. (30.3 x 50.8cm.)

From the artist;
to Voja Mitrovic, master printer for Cartier-Bresson;
to Peter Turnley

Specialist note

This image was printed one week after Cartier-Bresson shot the scene.