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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Eye of the Century

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    • 120 Lots

    1
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Self Portrait, Paris
    $12,000 - $18,000
    2
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue Mouffetard, Paris
    $15,000 - $25,000
    $43,750
    3
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    View from Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $22,500
    4
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $18,750
    5
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Mardi Gras, Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $5,625
    6
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Courtyard on the rue la Boétie, Paris
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,250
    7
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Simiane-la-Rotonde, France
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $23,750
    8
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Railway station, 10th arrondissement, Paris
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $18,750
    9
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Changing during the Christian Dior fashion show, Paris
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $12,500
    10
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Christian Dior fashion show, Paris, spring
    $4,000 - $6,000
    11
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Young ballerinas, Palais Garnier opera house, Paris
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $10,625
    12
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Martine Franck, Paris
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $38,750

    Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Traveler

    We move from region to region, exploring the people, places and moments Cartier-Bresson documented during his decades of photographic exploration and reportage in the 20th century.

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    13
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alésia, Paris
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $17,500
    14
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Pierre Bonnard, Le Cannet, France
    $6,000 - $8,000
    15
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Alberto Giacometti, Galerie Maeght, Paris
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $27,500
    16
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $32,500
    17
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Hyères, France
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $100,000
    18
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Tarascon, France
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $6,875
    19
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Quai de Javel, Paris
    $5,000 - $7,000
    20
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $17,500
    21
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Île de la Cité, Paris
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $23,750
    22
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jean-Paul Sartre, Le Pont des Arts, Paris
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $11,875
    23
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue de Bassano, 8th arrondissement, Paris
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $15,000
    24
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Allée du Prado, Marseille, France
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $16,250

    Peter Galassi and Peter Fetterman: In Conversation

    The former Chief Curator of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York spoke to prolific collector and renowned Los Angeles-based gallerist Peter Fetterman about the depth and variety of his Henri Cartier-Bresson collection.

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    25
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Brussels, Belgium
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $15,000
    26
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Brie, France
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $35,000
    27
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), Montmartre, Paris
    $6,000 - $8,000
    28
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Church of Aubusson, France
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $8,125
    29
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Paris
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $23,750
    30
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Joinville-le-Pont, France (A newlywed bride and groom)
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $7,500
    31
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    On the Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $16,250
    32
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Sunday on the banks of the Seine
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $35,000
    33
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bougival, Yvelines, France
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $9,375
    34
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Henri Matisse, Vence, France
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $16,250
    35
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Henri Matisse observing a ceramic vase by Pablo Picasso, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $40,000
    36
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $33,750

    VR Walkthrough: Design and Photographs in New York

    Tour our December sales in this virtual reality walkthrough from Park Avenue. On view are iconic designs by Peter Voulkos, Gio Ponti, Charlotte Perriand and Alberto Giacometti alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs from the personal collection of gallerist Peter Fetterman.

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    37
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Scanno, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $30,000
    38
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Siphnos, Greece
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $52,500
    39
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rome, Italy
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $15,000
    40
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Naples, Italy
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $27,500
    41
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Salerno, Italy
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $13,750
    42
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Trastevere, Rome
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $21,250
    43
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Torcello in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $15,000
    44
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Leonor Fini, Italy
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $20,000
    45
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Madrid, Spain
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $21,250
    46
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    La Suerte de Hoy (Today's Luck), Madrid
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $10,000
    47
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $15,000
    48
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Valencia, Spain
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $11,250
    49
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $12,500
    50
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $11,875
    51
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $18,750
    52
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Córdoba, Spain
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $18,750
    53
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $15,000
    54
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Coronation of King George VI, London
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $27,500
    55
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Paris
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,250
    56
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Hyde Park, London
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $7,500
    57
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Liverpool, England
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $20,000
    58
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Dublin, Ireland
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $22,500
    59
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    County Kerry, Ireland
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $12,500
    60
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Ireland
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,250
    61
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    At the Curragh Racecourse Near Dublin, Ireland
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $5,625
    62
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Bantry, County Kerry, Ireland
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,250
    63
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Győr, Hungary
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $37,500
    64
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A Soviet child who was deported with his parents, returning to his homeland, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $13,750
    65
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gestapo informer recognized by a woman she had denounced, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $23,750
    66
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Linz, Upper Austria
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $15,000
    67
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Warsaw, Poland
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $13,750
    68
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Window-display of a large Hamburg, Germany clothing-store
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $6,000
    69
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jerusalem, Israel
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $13,750
    70
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Cardinal Wyszyński celebrating Mass, Warsaw, Poland
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $15,000
    71
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $20,000
    72
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bass player on the road Belgrade-Kraljevo, to play at a village festival near Rudnik, Serbia, Yugoslavia
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $18,750
    73
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Srinagar, Kashmir
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $32,500
    74
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Games in a refugee camp at Kurukshetra, Punjab, India
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $13,750
    75
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gandhi's secretary watches the first flames of the funeral pyre, Delhi, India
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $10,000
    76
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Funeral of the Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi, Tiruvannamalai, India
    $6,000 - $8,000
    77
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Festivities for the 39th Birthday of the Maharajah (The diamonds once belong to Napoleon), Gujarat, Baroda [Vadodara], India
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $16,250
    78
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Fatehpur Sikri, India
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $5,625
    79
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Women at the Mahdum Shah Ziarat mosque, Srinagar, Kashmir
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $15,000
    80
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Pavement School, Jaipur, India
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $17,500
    81
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $18,750
    82
    Sam Tata
    Portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson
    $5,000 - $7,000
    83
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The 'Great Leap Forward', Beijing, China
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $10,625
    84
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Kuomintang calls recruits to arms, Beijing, China
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $8,750
    85
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Children await rice distribution, Shanghai, China
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $11,250
    86
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Last Days of the Kuomintang (market crash), Shanghai, China
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $20,000
    87
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rice Fields in the Minangkabau Country, Sumatra, Indonesia
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $8,750
    88
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Preparations for the Baris Dance, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $8,750
    89
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Kyoto, Japan
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $11,875
    90
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Shinto funeral for the late Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Danjūrō XI, Tokyo, Japan
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $15,000
    91
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow, USSR
    $15,000 - $25,000
    $23,750
    92
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $25,000
    93
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $10,625
    94
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    School children, Moscow, USSR
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $8,750
    95
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, USSR
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $13,750
    96
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Canteen for workers building the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, USSR
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $12,500
    97
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    New Year’s Eve, Times Square, Manhattan
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $12,500
    98
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Easter Sunday in Harlem
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $13,750
    99
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Easter Sunday, Harlem
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $12,500
    100
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    West Point cadets and their admiring young ladies attend the Army versus Notre Dame football game, New York
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $16,250
    101
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Malcolm X, Harlem
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $8,750
    102
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Transatlantic arriving in the harbor, New York City
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $22,500
    103
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near the Hall of Records, Manhattan
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $13,750
    104
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Lower East Side, Manhattan
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $21,250
    105
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    George Balanchine, New York City
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $13,750
    106
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Truman Capote, New Orleans
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $22,500
    107
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Marilyn Monroe during the filming of 'The Misfits,' Nevada
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $12,500
    108
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Railway station, St. Louis, Missouri
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $6,250
    109
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $10,625
    110
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A preacher and his family, San Antonio, Texas
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $18,750
    111
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Chicago, Illinois
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $10,625
    112
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A mother finds her son who had been separated from her during the war, Manhattan
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $15,000
    113
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Grand Street, Brooklyn
    $6,000 - $8,000
    114
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Natchez, Mississippi
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $27,500
    115
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Taos, New Mexico
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $15,000
    116
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Newspaper vendors, Mexico City, Mexico
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $32,500
    117
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Guanajuato, Mexico
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $10,625
    118
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City, Mexico
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $10,000
    119
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Mexico City, Mexico
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $15,000
    120
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Céreste, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (self-portrait)
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $52,500