
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) Colette and her Companion Pauline, Paris, 1952 Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed in ink in the margin, framed. 14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (35.9 x 23.8 cm.) sheet 15 7/8 x 12 in. (40.3 x 30.5 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Butterfield & Butterfield, 29 April 1987, Sale 3785M, Lot 3690 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Robert Delpire, ed., Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer (Boston, 1979), pl. 124 Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art (Boston, 1996), p. 257 E. H. Gombrich, Tête-à-Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson (London, 1998), pl. 72 Peter Galassi, ed., Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010), p. 237 Matthieu Humery et al., Henri Cartier-Bresson: Le Grand Jeu (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson, 2020), pp. 62, 185, 237, and 288 Anne de Mondenard and Agnès Sire, eds., Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris Revisited (London, 2021), cat. 135, p. 159 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing






















