HENRI CARTIER BRESSON (1908 2004) Fireworks seen from the Fo

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Sale 2694 - Lot 202

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Fireworks seen from the Forbidden City, Beijing. 1958; printed 1970s.
Silver print, the image measuring 12x8 inches (30.5x20.3 cm.), with Cartier-Bresson's credit stamp on verso.

This picture of fireworks seen from the Forbidden City was taken on October 1st, 1958, during the celebrations of the ninth anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

Reproduced
Michel Frizot & Ying-lung Su, Henri Cartier-Bresson, China 1948-1949, 1958 (Thames & Hudson), p. 277

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