21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 78
 

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908–2004)
At the Seine near Juvisy-sur-Orge, France 1955

Estimate
€4,000 - €5,000
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 2,400

Estimate: € 4,000–5,000

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight, semi-matte paper 20.3 x 25.3 cm, in very good condition. Photographer's copyright and collector's stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE Ph. Arbaizar, J. Clair, C. Cookman, Who are you, Henri Cartier-Bresson? Munich 2003, p.74; Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, London 1980, p. 145.

Sunday trippers on riverbanks form, as it were, their own series in the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson; about half a dozen - including this motif - achieved the popularity of poster motifs. The master of the "decisive moment" creates a perfectly framed pictorial composition around a small social interaction while stretching out a sun sail.

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1980ern auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 20,3 x 25,3 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Fotografencopyright- und Sammlerstempel. LITERATUR Ph. Arbaizar, J. Clair, C. Cookman, Wer sind sie, Henri Cartier-Bresson? Das Lebenswerk in 602 Bildern, München 2003, S.74; Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer, London 1980, S. 145.

Sonntagsausflügler an Flussufern bilden im Werk von Henri Cartier-Bresson eine eigene Serie, etwa ein halbes Dutzend – inklusive diesem Motiv – erreichten die Bekanntheit von Poster-Motiven. Um eine kleine soziale Interaktion während des Aufspannens eines Sonnensegels erschafft der Meister des "entscheidenden Moments" eine perfekt kadrierte Bildkomposition.

Image Size: 16.2 x 24.2 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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