“Street photography is a joy.”
—Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Provenance
  Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
  Christie's, New York, 5 October 2016, lot 135
- Literature
  H. Cartier-Bresson, The Europeans, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955, pl. 114
  L. Kirstein and B. Newhall, Photographs By Cartier-Bresson, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, pl. 46
  Photofile: Henri Cartier-Bresson, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pl. 29
  J-P. Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, Boston: Little, Brown, 1996, pl. 150
  H. Cartier-Bresson, Paris à vue d'oeil, Paris: SEUIL, 1997, pl. 16
  Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, London: Thames & Hudson, 1999, pl. 140
  P. Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World, London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, pl. 65
  P. Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, New York: MoMA, 2010, p. 55
- Artist Biography
  Henri Cartier-Bresson
  French • 1908 - 2004
  Candidly capturing fleeting moments of beauty among the seemingly ordinary happenings of daily life, Henri Cartier-Bresson's work is intuitive and observational. Initially influenced by the Surrealists' "aimless walks of discovery," he began shooting on his Leica while traveling through Europe in 1932, revealing the hidden drama and idiosyncrasy in the everyday and mundane. The hand-held Leica allowed him ease of movement while attracting minimal notice as he wandered in foreign lands, taking images that matched his bohemian spontaneity with his painterly sense of composition.
  Cartier-Bresson did not plan or arrange his photographs. His practice was to release the shutter at the moment his instincts told him the scene before him was in perfect balance. This he later famously titled "the decisive moment" — a concept that would influence photographers throughout the twentieth century.
  View More Works

SPOTLIGHT: A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION

1

Lot offered with No Reserve

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris

1954
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
35 x 23.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp in the margin.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 •♠

Sold for £24,130

Contact Specialist

Justine Gruser
Specialist, Photographs
jgruser@phillips.com

Clare Lamport
Associate Specialist and Cataloguer, Photographs
clamport@phillips.com

General Enquiries
+44 20 7318 4092

SPOTLIGHT: Photographs from A Private London Collection Online Auction

7 - 14 July 2023

1No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Rue Mouffetard, Paris
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 •♠
Sold for £24,130
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
2No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Hyde Park in the Grey Drizzle, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £4,826
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
3No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Taxi Drivers, Berlin
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,032
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
4No Reserve
Bruce Davidson
Wales (Boy Pushing Carriage)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £2,032
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
5No Reserve
Martin Parr
England, New Brighton from The Last Resort
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
6No Reserve
Martin Parr
The Queen Visiting the Livery Hall of the Drapers’ Livery Company for their 650th Anniversary, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £5,715
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
7No Reserve
David Bailey
Mick Jagger
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £3,810
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
8No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Elton John Performing a Handstand
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,048
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
9No Reserve
Harry Benson
The Beatles and Cassius Clay, Miami Beach
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £3,048
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
10No Reserve
Mick Rock
David Bowie and Mick Ronson, Lunch on Train to Aberdeen
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,032
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
11No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
David Bowie and Liz Taylor
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,032
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
12No Reserve
David Montgomery
Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £2,794
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
13No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Brigitte Bardot
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £8,255
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
14No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Raquel Welch
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £4,826
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
15No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Marianne Faithfull
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £953
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
16No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Diamonds are Forever, Las Vegas
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £2,540
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
17No Reserve
Bob Willoughby
Sean Connery on the set of Hitchcock's 'Marnie', Universal Studios
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £381
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
18No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins for 'Mona Lisa'
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £1,016
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
19No Reserve
Horst P. Horst
Coco Chanel, Paris
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for £8,255
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
20No Reserve
Erwin Blumenfeld
Grace Kelly
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
21No Reserve
William Gottlieb
Frank Sinatra
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £2,286
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
22No Reserve
Douglas Kirkland
Judy Garland
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £1,080
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
23No Reserve
Bert Stern
Marilyn Monroe from The Last Sitting
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £11,430
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
24No Reserve
Bert Stern
Marilyn Monroe from The Last Sitting
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £4,064
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
25No Reserve
Bruce Weber
Kate Moss, Seville
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £9,525
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
26No Reserve
Albert Watson
Carré Otis, Through Car Window, Los Angeles
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £5,715
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
27No Reserve
Juergen Teller
Gisele Bündchen
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £762
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
28No Reserve
Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £3,302
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
29No Reserve
Annie Leibovitz
Liberace and Scott Thorson, Las Vegas
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for £3,048
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
30No Reserve
Rankin
Eva Green
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,143
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
31No Reserve
Rankin
Eva Green, The Cast
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £699
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
32No Reserve
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Robert Downey Jr. from Crying Men
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,016
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
33No Reserve
Russell James
Alexina
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £1,207
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
34No Reserve
Mikael Jansson
Léa & Adèle #3, Villecresnes
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £5,715
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
35No Reserve
Mikael Jansson
Léa & Adèle #6, Villecresnes
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £7,620
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
36No Reserve
Mikael Jansson
Léa & Adèle #5, Villecresnes
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
37No Reserve
Lawrence Schiller
Marilyn Monroe
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £2,032
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
38No Reserve
Leni Riefenstahl
Selected Images from Olympia
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £8,255
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
39No Reserve
F.C. Gundlach
Cary Grant, Berlin
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £1,270
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
40No Reserve
Lisette Model
San Francisco, Woman with veil
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £2,540
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
41No Reserve
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Ascot
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £1,397
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
42No Reserve
Terence Donovan
The Three Knights
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £381
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
43No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Britt Ekland and Peter Sellers
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £5,715
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
44No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Rod Stewart with his Horse and Foal, Windsor
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,651
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
45No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Paul Newman and Lee Marvin
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £2,159
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
46No Reserve
Terry O'Neill
Peter Sellers, the Pink Panther
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
47No Reserve
David Steen
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, London
Estimate £700 - 900 •♠
Sold for £1,143
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
48No Reserve
Kevin Cummins
Selected Images of Joy Division
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £4,826
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.
49No Reserve
Martin Parr
Bad Fallingbostel Camp, Germany
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £1,080
Create your first list.
Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

SPOTLIGHT: Photographs from A Private London...

7 - 14 July 2023

Create your first list.

Provenance

Literature

Artist Biography

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris

SPOTLIGHT: Photographs from A Private London Collection Online Auction

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.

Create your first list.