13th Sep, 2026 14:00

OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA

 
  Lot 52
 

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
Ahmedabad, India 1966

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€5,000 - €6,000
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 3,000

 

Estimate: € 5,000–6,000

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989, 50.7 x 60.5 cm, in very good condition. Magnum's "In our Time" exhibition blind stamp in the lower margin, photographer's stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE William Manchester (ed.), In our Time. The world as seen by Magnum photographers, London 1989, p. 397.

Cartier-Bresson's masterpiece depicts women spreading freshly dyed fabrics to dry in the sun in the state of Gujarat. The composition captivates with the contrast between the geometric swathes of fabric on the vast, picture-filling background and the perfectly captured movements of the hardworking women.

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Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1989, 50,7 x 60,5 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Magnum-"In our Time"-Ausstellungsblindstempel im unteren Rand, rückseitig Fotografenstempel. LITERATUR William Manchester (Hg.), In our Time. The world as seen by Magnum photographers, London 1989, S. 397.

Cartier-Bressons Meisterwerk zeigt Frauen, die im Bundesstaat Gujarat frischgefärbte Stoffe zum Trocknen in der Sonne auslegen. Die Komposition besticht durch den Kontrast zwischen den geometrischen Stoffbahnen auf dem weiten, die Bildfläche füllenden Grund und den im perfekten Moment erfassten Bewegungsmustern der schwer arbeitenden Frauen.

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Image size: 37.8 x 55.8 cm

 

Auction: OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA, 13th Sep, 2026

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