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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Madrid, 1933
gelatin silver print, printed early 1960s
stamped photographer's/Magnum copyright credit with 'Single 7A' in pencil and Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp, and credited, titled, dated, variously numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art label (mat, interior); second Museum Permanent Collection stamp (mat, verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24 x 35.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 in. (29.8 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1964.
Literature
Henri–Cartier Bresson, The World of Henri Cartier–Bresson, The Viking Press, Inc., New York, 1968, pl. 13.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier–Bresson: Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 89.
Peter Galassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 128.
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 105, p. 95.
Martine Franck et al., Henri Cartier–Bresson: Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2006, p. 117.
Clément Chéroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Here and Now, Thames & Hudson, London, 2014,pl. 115, p. 157.
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