Henri Cartier-Bresson

French | 1908 - 2004

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who was born in 1908. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like OstLicht Gallery in Vienna. Numerous key galleries and museums such as NGV Australia & The Ian Potter Centre have featured Henri Cartier-Bresson's work in the past.Henri Cartier-Bresson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 16 USD to 596,567 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 596,567 USD for Derrière la gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932, sold at Christie's Paris in 2011. In the past 12 months, his photographs have averaged 6,502 USD, while his prints & graphic art have sold for an average of 2,422 USD.Henri Cartier-Bresson has been featured in articles for Sydney Morning Herald, The Wall Street Journal and Le Monde. The most recent article is Fine Photographs at Swann February 13 written for ArtDaily in February 2025. The artist died in 2004.

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Valencia ,1933

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Valencia ,1933

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson - Alicante ,1932

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Notable Lots

Hyères, France ,1932

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+566%

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Córdoba, Spain ,1933

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+61%

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'ANDALUCIA, SEVILLE'

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+122%

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Upcoming Lots

Gold Rush. En fin de journée, bousculades devant une banque pour acheter de l’or. Derniers jours du Kuomintang, Shanghai, 23 décembre 1948 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Gold Rush. En fin de journée, bousculades devant une banque pour acheter de l’or. Derniers jours du Kuomintang, Shanghai, 23 décembre 1948 ,1948

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Paul Claudel at home - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Paul Claudel at home ,1945

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Seville ,1933

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Max Ernst photographic image - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Max Ernst photographic image ,1955

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

Chiswick Auctions

Christian Berard photographic image - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Christian Berard photographic image ,1946

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson - Alicante - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Alicante ,1932

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Recent Auction Results

Henri Matisse, Vence, France and Our Cat Ulysses and Martine's Shadow (2 Photographs - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Matisse, Vence, France and Our Cat Ulysses and Martine's Shadow (2 Photographs ,1944

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

-28%

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Fort de Jodhpur and The Coronation of King George VI, Trafalgar Square, London (2 Photographs - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Fort de Jodhpur and The Coronation of King George VI, Trafalgar Square, London (2 Photographs ,1937

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+210%

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Jean-Marie Le Clézio and His Wife, Paris - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Jean-Marie Le Clézio and His Wife, Paris ,1965

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+12%

above mid-estimate

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Current Exhibitions

Magnum Masterpieces

OstLicht Gallery

Vienna | Austria

Feb 21,2025 - Mar 29,2025

L’intime: De La Chambre Aux Réseaux Sociaux

MAD, Musée des Arts Décoratifs

1e | Paris | France

Oct 15,2024 - Mar 30,2025

Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum

Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College

Clinton | New York | USA

Sep 07,2024 - Jun 08,2025

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Articles

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Coverage

“ ..Like any artist who has penetrated the heights of cultural acclaim a certain few of Cartier-Bresson's images have become icons, but these images are often referred to at the expense of a huge wealth of... ”
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Beetles+Huxley

“ ..Working in the following decades as a photo-reporter and artist Cartier-Bresson decisively influenced magazines such as “Du” or “Life”... ”
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

“ ..Cartier-Bresson saw himself as an artist and the camera as a drawing tool, a way to create an instant sketch... ”
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University of Michigan Museum of Art

“ ..Cartier-Bresson succeeded like no-one else in recording decisive moments with his camera... ”
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

“ ..Cartier-Bresson’s work focuses on humanity and, often preferring to blend into a situation, his camera captured faces and bodies full of emotion and intentions both intimate and bold... ”
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QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art