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Lot 366

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. CARTIER–BRESSON, Henri (1908–2004), photogra...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. CARTIER?BRESSON, Henri (1908?2004), photographer.?The Decisive Moment.?New York: Simon and Schuster, [1952]. Folio. 126 full or double?page heliogravures from photographs. Original color pictorial boards (spine gently sunned, few tiny marred spots to covers); original unclipped dust jacket (extremities chipped with losses including a 2 ?? tear to spine, few small tape repairs to recto); both designed after a cut?out by Matisse. Caption booklet laid in, as issued. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, ?one of the greatest of all photobooks? (The Photobook, Vol. I, p. 209).