Lot #1837: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - Calle Cuauhtemocztin Prostitutes, Mexico City, Mexico - Original photogravure

     

Artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908 - 2004).
Title: "Calle Cuauhtemocztin Prostitutes, Mexico City, Mexico".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1934. Printed 1979.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (297 x 400 mm). Image size: 7 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (179 x 265 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's signature, lower right. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Limoges, France.
Comment(s): The silver print of this image of two prostitutes has sold as high as $56,200 (Sotheby's, New York, 4/7/2008, lot #18). Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [27468-3-300-NA]