![CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Images à la sauvette. [The Decisive Moment.] Paris: Verve, 1952. 4° (359 x 270 mm). 126 black and white photographs. Original pictorial boards with a design after Matisse (light wear at the extremities). [And:] -- Les Européens. [The Europeans.] Paris: Verve, 1955. 4° (360 x 270mm). 114 black and white photographs. Original boards illustrated after a design by Miró (extremities lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0183_000(cartier-bresson_henri_images_a_la_sauvette_the_decisive_moment_paris_v063323).jpg?w=1)
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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Images à la sauvette. [The Decisive Moment.] Paris: Verve, 1952. 4° (359 x 270 mm). 126 black and white photographs. Original pictorial boards with a design after Matisse (light wear at the extremities). [And:] -- Les Européens. [The Europeans.] Paris: Verve, 1955. 4° (360 x 270mm). 114 black and white photographs. Original boards illustrated after a design by Miró (extremities lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITIONS. VERY GOOD COPIES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S TWO BEST BOOKS. 'The Decisive Moment is one of the greatest of all photobooks, and Cartier-Bresson repeated its artistic success three years later with The Europeans' (The Photobook). 101 Books, pp.134-35; Auer pp. 343, 356; The Open Book, pp.154-55; The Photobook, vol. I, pp.208-9; Regards à travers le livre 107. (2)
FIRST EDITIONS. VERY GOOD COPIES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S TWO BEST BOOKS. 'The Decisive Moment is one of the greatest of all photobooks, and Cartier-Bresson repeated its artistic success three years later with The Europeans' (The Photobook). 101 Books, pp.134-35; Auer pp. 343, 356; The Open Book, pp.154-55; The Photobook, vol. I, pp.208-9; Regards à travers le livre 107. (2)