André de Mandiargues, 1933
Gelatin silver print. 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (16.2 x 23.5 cm). Initialed 'H+C-B', titled and annotated 'j ai tiré moi même (et sa se voir) cette photo d' André de M un ami de Pierre de F. (I have printed this print myself [and one can see that] of André de M, a friend of Pierre de F.) in ink and red credit stamp on t

PROVENANCE The Collection of Pierre de Fenogle, the first Curator of Photography at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Prakapas Gallery, New York
LITERATURE de Mandiargues, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photo-Portraits, p. 177; Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work, pl. 86 there titled and dated Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, Italy, 1932-1933

THE ARC OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION

French novelist, playwright, critic and poet André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909-1991) was closely affiliated with the Surrealists in the 1930s, by which point Henri Cartier-Bresson had already been immersing himself in the revolutionary movement. The intellectual and artistic dialogue between the two perservered, as evidenced by de Mandiargues's continuous writing on Henri Cartier-Bressson's portraits included in the following publications: Ritratti: 1928-1982 (co-written with Ferdinando Scianna), 1983; Photoportraits, 1985; and A propos de Paris (co-written with Véra Feyder) published posthumously in 1994.