Oct 05, 2023 - Sale 2647

Sale 2647 - Lot 203

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Market in Shiek el Gournah, Thebes, Egypt. Silver print, the image measuring 9x13 1/2 inches (22.9x34.3 cm.), flush mounted, with a Museum of Modern Art, New York exhibition label on mount verso. 1950

This print is enclosed in its exhibition case and was exhibited in the group show entitled "Five French Photographers" at the MoMA between December 18, 1951 and February 24, 1952. The full title of the photograph reads as follows: "Market in Shiek el Gournah, village in Thebes across the Nile from Luxor, a great part of population lives in ancient tombs."