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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Allées du Prado, Marseille, 1932
gelatin silver print, printed early 1960s
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.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1964.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1952, pl. 27.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier–Bresson: Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 17.
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 48, p. 60.
Martine Franck et al., Henri Cartier–Bresson: Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2006, cat. no. 1, p. 73.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier–Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 90.
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