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Live AuctionHenri Cartier-Bresson: The Eye of the CenturyNew York
ConcludedDec 12 2017
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    • 120 Lots

    1
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Self Portrait, Paris
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold
    2
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue Mouffetard, Paris
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $25,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    3
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    View from Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    4
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    5
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Mardi Gras, Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $5,625
    6
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Courtyard on the rue la Boétie, Paris
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    7
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Simiane-la-Rotonde, France
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    8
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Railway station, 10th arrondissement, Paris
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    9
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Changing during the Christian Dior fashion show, Paris
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    10
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Christian Dior fashion show, Paris, spring
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    11
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Young ballerinas, Palais Garnier opera house, Paris
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    12
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Martine Franck, Paris
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $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
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $17,500
    14
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Pierre Bonnard, Le Cannet, France
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold
    15
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Alberto Giacometti, Galerie Maeght, Paris
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    16
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    17
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Hyères, France
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    18
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Tarascon, France
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $6,875
    19
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Quai de Javel, Paris
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    20
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $17,500
    21
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Île de la Cité, Paris
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    22
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jean-Paul Sartre, Le Pont des Arts, Paris
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $11,875
    23
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rue de Bassano, 8th arrondissement, Paris
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    24
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Allée du Prado, Marseille, France
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $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
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    26
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Brie, France
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    27
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII), Montmartre, Paris
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    28
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Church of Aubusson, France
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $8,125
    29
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Paris
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    30
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Joinville-le-Pont, France (A newlywed bride and groom)
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $7,500
    31
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    On the Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    32
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Sunday on the banks of the Seine
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    33
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bougival, Yvelines, France
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $9,375
    34
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Henri Matisse, Vence, France
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    35
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Henri Matisse observing a ceramic vase by Pablo Picasso, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    36
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $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
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    38
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Siphnos, Greece
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    39
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rome, Italy
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    40
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Naples, Italy
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    41
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Salerno, Italy
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    42
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Trastevere, Rome
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $21,250
    43
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Torcello in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    44
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Leonor Fini, Italy
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    45
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Madrid, Spain
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $21,250
    46
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    La Suerte de Hoy (Today's Luck), Madrid
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    47
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    48
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Valencia, Spain
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $11,250
    49
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    50
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $11,875
    51
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Seville, Spain
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    52
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Córdoba, Spain
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    53
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    54
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Coronation of King George VI, London
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    55
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Paris
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    56
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Hyde Park, London
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $7,500
    57
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Liverpool, England
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    58
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Dublin, Ireland
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    59
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    County Kerry, Ireland
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    60
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Ireland
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    61
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    At the Curragh Racecourse Near Dublin, Ireland
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $5,625
    62
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Bantry, County Kerry, Ireland
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    63
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Győr, Hungary
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    64
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A Soviet child who was deported with his parents, returning to his homeland, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    65
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gestapo informer recognized by a woman she had denounced, Transit Camp, Dessau, Germany
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    66
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Linz, Upper Austria
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    67
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Warsaw, Poland
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    68
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Window-display of a large Hamburg, Germany clothing-store
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $6,000
    69
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Jerusalem, Israel
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    70
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Cardinal Wyszyński celebrating Mass, Warsaw, Poland
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    71
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    72
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bass player on the road Belgrade-Kraljevo, to play at a village festival near Rudnik, Serbia, Yugoslavia
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    73
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Srinagar, Kashmir
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    74
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Games in a refugee camp at Kurukshetra, Punjab, India
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    75
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Gandhi's secretary watches the first flames of the funeral pyre, Delhi, India
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    76
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Funeral of the Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi, Tiruvannamalai, India
    Estimate
    $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
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    78
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Fatehpur Sikri, India
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $5,625
    79
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Women at the Mahdum Shah Ziarat mosque, Srinagar, Kashmir
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    80
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Pavement School, Jaipur, India
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $17,500
    81
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    82
    Sam Tata
    Portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    83
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The 'Great Leap Forward', Beijing, China
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    84
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Kuomintang calls recruits to arms, Beijing, China
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    85
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Children await rice distribution, Shanghai, China
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $11,250
    86
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    The Last Days of the Kuomintang (market crash), Shanghai, China
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    87
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Rice Fields in the Minangkabau Country, Sumatra, Indonesia
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    88
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Preparations for the Baris Dance, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    89
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Kyoto, Japan
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $11,875
    90
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Shinto funeral for the late Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Danjūrō XI, Tokyo, Japan
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    91
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $25,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    92
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    93
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    94
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    School children, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    95
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    96
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Canteen for workers building the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, USSR
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    97
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    New Year’s Eve, Times Square, Manhattan
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    98
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Easter Sunday in Harlem
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    99
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Easter Sunday, Harlem
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    100
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    West Point cadets and their admiring young ladies attend the Army versus Notre Dame football game, New York
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    101
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Malcolm X, Harlem
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    102
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Transatlantic arriving in the harbor, New York City
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    103
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near the Hall of Records, Manhattan
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    104
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Lower East Side, Manhattan
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $21,250
    105
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    George Balanchine, New York City
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    106
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Truman Capote, New Orleans
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    107
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Marilyn Monroe during the filming of 'The Misfits,' Nevada
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $12,500
    108
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Railway station, St. Louis, Missouri
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    109
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    110
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A preacher and his family, San Antonio, Texas
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    111
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Chicago, Illinois
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    112
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    A mother finds her son who had been separated from her during the war, Manhattan
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    113
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Grand Street, Brooklyn
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    114
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Natchez, Mississippi
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    115
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Taos, New Mexico
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $9,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    116
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Newspaper vendors, Mexico City, Mexico
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    117
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Guanajuato, Mexico
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    118
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City, Mexico
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    119
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    120
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Near Céreste, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (self-portrait)
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $52,500