Lot #1026: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - Henri Matisse with Birds, Vence, France - Original photogravure

     

Artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908 - 2004).
Title: "Henri Matisse with Birds, Vence, France".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1944. Printed 1979.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (297 x 400 mm). Image size: 7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (181 x 270 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's signature, lower right. Edition of 1,000. 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 has sold as high as $17,321 (£10,980, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 5/22/2012, lot #143). Image copyright © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [27473-3-600]