Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine
Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part I
Lot Estimate
ZAR 90 000 - 120 000
About this Item
French 1908-2004
A Spanish Scene: Village of Ariza, Aragon, Spain, 1953
inscribed 'To John Seeley in grateful appreciation of your kind cooperation, Henri Cartier-Bresson' and stamped with Magnum Photo stamp
gelatin silver print
20 by 30cm excluding frame; 36,5 by 46,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Notes
After the publication of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s monograph The Decisive Moment in 1952, a traveling exhibition of the same name toured several countries, starting at the Louvre in Paris in 1955 and ending at the IBM Gallery in New York in 1960. John Seeley was the Director of the IBM Gallery at the time.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by John Seeley, Director of the IBM Gallery, New York.
Heritage Auctions, Dallas.
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