Oct 15, 2015 - Sale 2393

Sale 2393 - Lot 85

Price Realized: $ 9,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 9,000 - $ 12,000
CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (1908-2004)
"Madrid." Silver print, 9 1/2x14 1/4 inches (24.1x36.2 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson's signature, in ink, and his embossed copyright blindstamp, on recto. 1933; printed later

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A prime example of Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment," this street scene harmonizes the arrangement of figures with the scattered windows in the background.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, p. 111.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World, p. 97.