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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Chanteloup-en-Brie 1908 – 2004 Montjustin, Provence

Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937

Gelatin silver print, 1946, printed in preparation for the HCB Retrospective at MoMA, New York (1947). 23,4 × 34,8 cm (9 ¼ × 13 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.
This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.
This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.
This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Couronnement du roi George VI, Londres, Angleterre, 12 mai. 1937.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

Auction 760

Sunday, 29.03.2026, 6:00 PM

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Gelatin silver print, 1946, printed in preparation for the HCB Retrospective at MoMA, New York (1947). 23,4 × 34,8 cm (9 ¼ × 13 ¾ in.). Photographer's copyright stamp: „PHOTO HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON / MENTION OBLIGATOIRE" on the reverse as well as inscribed and numbered by various hands in red ballpoint pen, red crayon and pencil. [2021]

Condition Report: In very good condition. Faintly satin finish heavy paper. Blacklight tested, no fluorescence. Upon close inspection in raking light, a few short (approx. 1 cm each) faint, barely noticeable crease marks: left edge of image in the center, skirt of the woman on the left (there also a tiny matte fingerprint, approx. 0.5 cm), hand on umbrella, right edge in the center, lower right corner area. Each only visible at close range in raking light. Single tiny dot-shaped foxing stains on the edges

Exh. cat.: Le Scrapbook d' Henri Cartier-Bresson. Paris, Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson, 2006, p. 184, ill. 172

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