Henri Cartier-BressonImages à la sauvette (First Edt)
Photographs: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Text: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Publisher: Verve
Pictures: 26
Year: 1952
Price: € 1400
Images à la sauvette is one of the most famous books in the history of photography, assembling Cartier-Bresson’s best work from his early years. Published in 1952, it was lavishly embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. Its English title "The Decisive Moment" has defined the notion of the famous formal peak in which all elements in the photographic frame accumulate to form the perfect image. Paired with the artist’s humanist viewpoint, Cartier-Bresson’s photography has become part of the world’s collective memory.
The book and its images have since influenced generations of photographers.
Illustrated hardcover made by artist Henri Matisse. 37 by 24,5cm . First French edition (published without jacket and with the booklet who is part of the book), 1952. Gravure printing. Beautiful gravure reproductions for this collectible copy. In very good condition. Binding is tight. Inside it's very clean. More pictured on demand.
