Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) 2 autograph letters signed, to Jean Leymarie, 2 pages, various sizes. "I am doing a book on the French with a text by Fr. Nourissie. I photograph everything that falls under my lens here forbidden. Why?" Paris, January 8, 1989: "Excuse me for writing to you only today, torn between a flu and a trip abroad, to thank you for having written this beautiful text about one of my photos. To tell you how grateful I am, I'm sending you the last picture out of my little box (which has become quite lazy). We have just seen in Gstaad Setsuko and Balthus who started to paint again ! We missed you." Attached: Henri CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) Landscape, 1990. Artist's proof, lithograph, monogrammed and dated lower right. 21 x 27 cm. Signed on the back. Small folds and stains.
Estimate
€100 - €150
Result
€510
Buyer's premium
24%
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)
2 autograph letters signed, to Jean Leymarie, 2 pages, various sizes.
"I am doing a book on the French with a text by Fr. Nourissie. I photograph everything that falls under my lens here forbidden. Why?" Paris, January 8, 1989: "Excuse me for writing to you only today, torn between a flu and a trip abroad, to thank you for having written this beautiful text about one of my photos. To tell you how grateful I am, I'm sending you the last picture out of my little box (which has become quite lazy). We have just seen in Gstaad Setsuko and Balthus who started to paint again ! We missed you."
Attached:
Henri CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004)
Landscape, 1990.
Artist's proof, lithograph, monogrammed and dated lower right.
21 x 27 cm.
Signed on the back.
Small folds and stains.
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