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HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)
Tivoli, Lazio, Italy, 1933
gelatin silver print, printed 1960s
stamped photographer's/Magnum '72 West 45th Street' copyright credit with date '1968', stamped reproduction limitation and variously numbered in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37 x 24.7 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by Lee Friedlander (B. 1934), 2008.
Literature
Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952, pl.17.
Yves Bonnefoy, Henri Cartier–Bresson:Photographer, New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown and Company, New York, 1986, pl. 58.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, p. 78.
Philippe Abraizar et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003, pl. 122, p. 107.
Martine Franck et al., Henri Cartier–Bresson: Scrapbook, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2006, p. 101.
Peter Galassi, Henri Cartier–Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010, p. 92.
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