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Auction archive: Lot number 68

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photographs
2 Nov 2017
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,831 - US$10,441
Price realised:
£15,000
ca. US$19,578
Auction archive: Lot number 68

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photographs
2 Nov 2017
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,831 - US$10,441
Price realised:
£15,000
ca. US$19,578
Beschreibung:

Henri Cartier-Bresson Follow Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris 1932 Gelatin silver print, printed later. 35.5 x 24.9 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.) Signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp in the margin.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist Literature J. Clair, Henri Cartier-Bresson Europeans , London: Thames & Hudson, 1998, p. 23 P. Galassi et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson The Man, the Image and the World , London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, pl. 45 Henri Cartier-Bresson Scrapbook, Photographs 1932-1946 , London: Thames & Hudson, 2006, pp. 86-87, variant cropping P. Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century , New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2010, pl. 20a C. Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson Here and Now , London: Thames & Hudson, 2014, pl. 63 Artist Bio Henri Cartier-Bresson French • 1908 - 2004 Follow Candidly capturing fleeting moments of beauty among the seemingly ordinary happenings of daily life, Henri Cartier-Bresson's work is intuitive and observational. Initially influenced by the Surrealists' "aimless walks of discovery," he began shooting on his Leica while traveling through Europe in 1932, revealing the hidden drama and idiosyncrasy in the everyday and mundane. The hand-held Leica allowed him ease of movement while attracting minimal notice as he wandered in foreign lands, taking images that matched his bohemian spontaneity with his painterly sense of composition. Cartier-Bresson did not plan or arrange his photographs. His practice was to release the shutter at the moment his instincts told him the scene before him was in perfect balance. This he later famously titled "the decisive moment" — a concept that would influence photographers throughout the twentieth century. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
2 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

Henri Cartier-Bresson Follow Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris 1932 Gelatin silver print, printed later. 35.5 x 24.9 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.) Signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp in the margin.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist Literature J. Clair, Henri Cartier-Bresson Europeans , London: Thames & Hudson, 1998, p. 23 P. Galassi et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson The Man, the Image and the World , London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, pl. 45 Henri Cartier-Bresson Scrapbook, Photographs 1932-1946 , London: Thames & Hudson, 2006, pp. 86-87, variant cropping P. Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson The Modern Century , New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2010, pl. 20a C. Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson Here and Now , London: Thames & Hudson, 2014, pl. 63 Artist Bio Henri Cartier-Bresson French • 1908 - 2004 Follow Candidly capturing fleeting moments of beauty among the seemingly ordinary happenings of daily life, Henri Cartier-Bresson's work is intuitive and observational. Initially influenced by the Surrealists' "aimless walks of discovery," he began shooting on his Leica while traveling through Europe in 1932, revealing the hidden drama and idiosyncrasy in the everyday and mundane. The hand-held Leica allowed him ease of movement while attracting minimal notice as he wandered in foreign lands, taking images that matched his bohemian spontaneity with his painterly sense of composition. Cartier-Bresson did not plan or arrange his photographs. His practice was to release the shutter at the moment his instincts told him the scene before him was in perfect balance. This he later famously titled "the decisive moment" — a concept that would influence photographers throughout the twentieth century. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
2 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Phillips
London
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