Lot Essay
This fine print was gifted to Jane McGuffin by Cartier-Bresson in appreciation for her assistance with his exhibition at the IBM Gallery, New York in 1960.
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Bougival, France, 1956
Details
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Bougival, France, 1956
gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1960
signed, inscribed 'To Jane McGuffin in sincere appreciation of your kind cooperation' in ink and Magnum stamps (on the verso)
12 x 8in. (30.5 x 20.3cm.)
Bougival, France, 1956
gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1960
signed, inscribed 'To Jane McGuffin in sincere appreciation of your kind cooperation' in ink and Magnum stamps (on the verso)
12 x 8in. (30.5 x 20.3cm.)
Provenance
From the artist;
to Jane McGuffin, c. 1960;
by descent to the present owner
to Jane McGuffin, c. 1960;
by descent to the present owner
Literature
Cartier-Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Viking Press, 1968, pl. 51; Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, Little, Brown and Co., 1979, pl. 145; Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Little, Brown and Co., 1996, pl. 221, p. 223; Arbaïzar et al. Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World, Thames and Hudson, 2003, pl. 54, p. 64
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