Lot Essay
The 1957 exhibition catalogue entry explains: 'The first flames of the pyre rising'.
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Funeral Pyre of Gandhi, on the banks of the Sumna River, Delhi, India, 1948
Details
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.)
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.)
Literature
The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Viking Press, 1968, pl. 173.
Exhibited
Henri Cartier-Bresson, R.B.A. Gallery, London, January 1957, cat. no. 317.
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Further details
This and the following 5 lots are the very prints included in the exhibition 'Henri Cartier-Bresson' at the R.B.A. Gallery, London, in 1957, presented by Photography magazine at the instigation of Norman Hall. The prints are flush-mounted on heavy card to be fixed directly on the walls, without frames, in a manner that was widespread convention of the day. Reference numbers on the reverse tie them to the exhibition catalogue/checklist.
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