• Auction 15574

    MoMA: Henri Cartier-Bresson

    5 October 2017 - 11 October 2017, ECommerce

    SALE TOTAL: 316,375 (USD)
25 Lots for Sale 15574
Lot 1
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Hyères, France, 1932
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'Single 66B' in pencil, credited, titled, dated and variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 9 3/8 x 14 in. (23.8 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (30.1 x 40 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 3
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 1932
credited, titled, dated and annotated 'print from The Photographer's Eye' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (49.8 x 35.8 cm.)
mount: 27 1/4 x 22 in. (69.1 x 55.8 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$81,250
Lot 5
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Valencia, Spain, 1933
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #132' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$16,250
Lot 7
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
France, near the Belgian Border, 1967
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #15' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.6 x 58.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 8
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Sumatra, Indonesia Rice Fields in the Minangkabua Country, 1950
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mount, recto); signed, titled and dated in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Department of Photography Permanent Collection stamp and second affixed Museum label (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 in. (24.4 x 35.5 cm.)
mount: 15 3/4 x 20 in. (40 x 50.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 9
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, 1967
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #120' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.6 x 58.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 11
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Budapest, 1931
titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #127' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 35 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. (90.7 x 66.6 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 12
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City, 1934–1935
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'DM - 23' and 'sauvette 23' in pencil and credited, titled, dated, variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (39.9 x 30 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$9,375
Lot 13
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Pierre Bonnard at his home, Le Cannet, France, 1944
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist # 148' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.6 x 58.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 17
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Mexico City, Mexico, 1934
signed and inscribed in ink, and credited, titled, dated in pencil (verso); credited, titled, dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, verso)
image: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm.)
sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (30 x 39.7 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 18
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Alicante, Spain, 1933
signed in ink (margin)
image: 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (36.2 x 24.3 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.7 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 19
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Alicante, Spain, 1933
image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.8 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.3 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 21
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Allées du Prado, Marseille, 1932
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'DM 17' and 'sauvette 27' in pencil and Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (verso)
image: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.5 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 in. (40 x 30.4 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 23
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Champagne wine grower, region of Champagne-Ardenne, France, 1960
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #9' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 22 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (58 x 39 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 25
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Madrid, 1933
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'Single 7A' in pencil and Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp, and credited, titled, dated, variously numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, interior); second Museum Permanent Collection stamp (mat, verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 in. (29.8 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 26
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Los Remedios, Mexico, 1963
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #92' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 3/8 x 22 7/8 in. (39 x 58 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 27
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Uruapan, Mexico, 1934
image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.8 x 24 cm.)
sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.7 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 28
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
The Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru the morning after Gandhi died, Birla...
variously numbered in pencil (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (26.6 x 39.3 cm.)
sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (30.1 x 39.9 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 29
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Near Gouda, Southern Holland, 1956
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #49' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (26 x 38.7 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 30
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Henri Matisse, Vence, France, 1944
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit, Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp and credited in pencil (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 in. (28.5 x 40.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 31
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Salerno, Italy, 1933
credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mount, recto); credited, titled and dated in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (23.8 x 35.2 cm.)
mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

price realized
$20,000
Lot 32
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Texas, 1960
credited, titled, dated '1962' and numbered 'checklist #99' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 35 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (90 x 59 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 33
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, 1933
stamped photographer's/Magnum '72 West 45th Street' copyright credit with date '1968', stamped reproduction limitation and variously numbered in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37 x 24.7 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 34
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Mexico City, Mexico, 1963
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #98' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 22 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (58 x 39 cm.)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$11,250
Lot 35
HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Vallée du Queyras, Hautes-Alpes, France, 1960
credited, titled, dated and numbered 'checklist #17' in pencil (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (39.6 x 58.7 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$8,125
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