Henri Cartier-Bresson Seville, Spain
Photographs from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sold to Benefit Acquisition Funds
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
Seville, Spain
gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin
image: 9⅜ by 14 in. (23.8 by 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1933, probably printed in the 1970s.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print, on paper with a pebbled surface, is in generally excellent condition. There are occasional adhesive remnants in the margins.
On the reverse, 'CM#1382' and 'Z81' are written in pencil in an unidentified hand. There are two linen tape remnants at the upper edge.
Catalogue Note:
"My passion has never been for photography ‘in itself,’ but for the possibility–through forgetting yourself–of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my sketchpads." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has an extensive collection of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, including a large group of images from The Galveston That Was, which was first exhibited at the MFAH in 1965.
Provenance:
John Cleary Gallery, Houston
Collection of Michael and Michele Marvins
Gift of the above to the present owner
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Photographs from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sold to Benefit Acquisition Funds
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
Seville, Spain
gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin
image: 9⅜ by 14 in. (23.8 by 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1933, probably printed in the 1970s.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print, on paper with a pebbled surface, is in generally excellent condition. There are occasional adhesive remnants in the margins.
On the reverse, 'CM#1382' and 'Z81' are written in pencil in an unidentified hand. There are two linen tape remnants at the upper edge.
Catalogue Note:
"My passion has never been for photography ‘in itself,’ but for the possibility–through forgetting yourself–of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my sketchpads." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has an extensive collection of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, including a large group of images from The Galveston That Was, which was first exhibited at the MFAH in 1965.
Provenance:
John Cleary Gallery, Houston
Collection of Michael and Michele Marvins
Gift of the above to the present owner
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