Henri Cartier-Bresson Photograph Mexico 1934
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, Chanteloup-en-Brie 1908–2004 Montjustin) “Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City, 1934”. Silver Gelatin Print, 5 x 7 inches. Unsigned but exhibited with reputable institution / see below.
Written on Verso: ‘Henri Cartier-Bresson. Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico, 1934. ‘Momenti decisivo’, 1998. For the 1998 Exhibition First Photographs at Expositions Palace, Rome, Italy’.
Print Only: USD$1850
Framed: USD $2000 / 16.5 x 15.5 inches framed / Shipping Conditons Apply
Provenance:
Acquired through Grazia Neri Agency, Milan – an agency founded in 1966 which expanded to include a gallery in Milan as well as the organization of photography exhibitions across Italy.
Grazia Neri agency was founded in 1966 and soon became an obligatory point of reference for all italian magazines and newspapers. Over the years it has widened its range of operations, developing its own photo and assignment production and producing books with the best italian publishing houses. A department devoted to commercial sales and advertising production in addition to annual reports was also set up recently. The opening of its own gallery in Milan and the organization of many photography exhibitions in Milan, Rome, Bologna and Verona have added a very important cultural component to the whole operation. Grazia Neri is president of the company that bears her name of which her son Michele Neri is the executive director.
“The attitudes of the two prostitutes to their calling, and to the photographer, are flip sides of the same coin, like the masks of comedy and tragedy. Neither face alone, nor either half of the picture on its own, would be half as arresting”.
– https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265203
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https://pro.magnumphotos.com/image/PAR45838.html
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/henri-cartier-bresson-calle-cuauhtemoctzin-mexico-city-1
Exhibition History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” September 23, 1989–December 31, 1989.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. “The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” February 28, 1990–April 22, 1990.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” May 10, 1990–July 15, 1990.
High Museum of Art. “The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” February 5, 1991–April 28, 1991.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” June 8, 1991–August 4, 1991.
IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia. “The New Vision, IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia,” January 20, 1995–March 26, 1995.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Few Are Chosen: Street Photography and the Book, 1936-1966,” November 5, 2004–March 6, 2005.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940,” June 3, 2008–September 1, 2008.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. “Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870,” October 30, 2010–April 17, 2011.
Walker Art Center. “Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870,” May 21, 2011–September 18, 2011.