Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Previous Sales 454

Bonhams
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004); Henri Matisse, Vence, France;
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004); Henri Matisse, Vence, France;
$4,000
Mar 2026
Bonhams
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004); Colette and her Companion Pauline, Paris;
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004); Colette and her Companion Pauline, Paris;
$1,700
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Valencia
Valencia, 1933
Bought In
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; Lower East Side, Manhattan;
; Lower East Side, Manhattan;
$20,000
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; Henri Matisse, Vence, France;
; Henri Matisse, Vence, France;
$9,000
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; Srinagar, Kashmir, India;
; Srinagar, Kashmir, India;
$7,000
Nov 2025
Bonhams
; Pierre Bonnard in his Studio, Le Cannet, France;
; Pierre Bonnard in his Studio, Le Cannet, France;
$1,700
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932
£15,000 ($24k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954
Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954
$47,880
Feb 2024
Sotheby's
Rue Mouffetard
Rue Mouffetard
$30,000
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
Alberto Giacometti, rue d’Alésia, Paris
Alberto Giacometti, rue d’Alésia, Paris
$6,500
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
Political Meeting, Parc des Expositions, Paris
Political Meeting, Parc des Expositions, Paris
$5,500
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alésia, Paris
Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alésia, Paris
£6,000 ($10k USD)
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Rue Mouffetard
Rue Mouffetard
$22,000
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris
$18,000
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
Alberto Giacometti at Galerie Maeght
Alberto Giacometti at Galerie Maeght
$13,000
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
Eunuch of the Imperial Court of the Last Dynasty, Peking, China
Eunuch of the Imperial Court of the Last Dynasty, Peking, China
Bought In
Apr 2022
Sotheby's
Hyères, France
Hyères, France
$24,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi
$20,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris
Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris
$18,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Sale of Gold in the Last Days of the Kuomintang, Shanghai, China
Sale of Gold in the Last Days of the Kuomintang, Shanghai, China
$12,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Chicago, U.S.A.
Chicago, U.S.A.
$12,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Dieppe, France
Dieppe, France
$11,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Peking (Children Waiting in Rice Line)
Peking (Children Waiting in Rice Line)
$10,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York
Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York
$10,000
Dec 2021

For Sale 17

Fern Hill Gallery · Artsper
Barrio Chino, Barcelona
Barrio Chino, Barcelona
$10,414
Photography
Seagrave Gallery · Artsy
A.S. Blouse Orange
A.S. Blouse Orange, 1984
For sale
Tempera on Paper
Willem Photographic · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1960
For sale
Gelatin Silver
Hyperion Press Ltd. · Artsy
Between Two Poses
Between Two Poses, 1989
For sale
Photogravure
Contessa Gallery · Artsy
Queen Charlotte's Ball
Queen Charlotte's Ball, 1959
Price on request
Silver Gelatin Print
Alan Klotz Gallery · Artsy
Banks of the Marne
Banks of the Marne
For sale
Contessa Gallery · Artsy
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, 1932
Price on request
Silver Gelatin Print
Chelsea Art Group · Artsy
Quebec Province , Canada
Quebec Province , Canada , 1971
For sale
Photograph
Huxley-Parlour · 1stDibs
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rome, Italy, Black and White Print, Signed, c. 1990
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rome, Italy, Black and White Print, Signed, c. 1990
$19,748
Wallector · 1stDibs
Jacques Tati and Alain Becourt - Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson - 1958
Jacques Tati and Alain Becourt - Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson - 1958
$2,850
Peter Fetterman Gallery · 1stDibs
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
$35,000
Peter Fetterman Gallery · 1stDibs
Aquila Degli Abruzzi, Italy
Aquila Degli Abruzzi, Italy
$20,000
Fern Hill Gallery · 1stDibs
Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Barrio Chino, Barcelona
Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Barrio Chino, Barcelona
$6,864
Ponti Galleria D'arte · 1stDibs
Meudon
Meudon
$5,938
Staley-Wise Gallery · 1stDibs
On the Banks of the Marne
On the Banks of the Marne
$5,000
Huxley-Parlour · 1stDibs
Henri Matisse at His Home, 'le Reve', Vence, France
Henri Matisse at His Home, 'le Reve', Vence, France
$1,500
Peter Fetterman Gallery · 1stDibs
Siphnos, Greece
Siphnos, Greece
For sale
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Market3,057 auction results

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$1.0K – $265K
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$13.1K
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$9.4K
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Apr 2026 · $5.1K
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Photographs: $9.4K medianWorks on paper: $1.5K medianUnclassified lots: $9.5K medianEditioned photos: $2.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $5.0K medianEditioned prints: $2.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $3.2K medianDecorative/non-core: — median
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Prizes & Awards1

Hasselblad Award
Winner 1982
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Education1

Lycée Condorcet Paris
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Publications16

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Monograph 1

Henri Cartier-Bresson Author
MoMA Publications · 2006

Exhibition Catalog 9

Colour Unbound: Henri Matisse 1941–1954
Thames & Hudson · 2026
Bilderstrom: Der Rhein und die Fotografie 2016-1853
Hatje Cantz · 2016
Conmigo, yo mismo, yo: Retratos fotográficos de Picasso
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Ichundichundich: Picasso im Fotoporträt
Hatje Cantz · 2011
MeMyselfAndI: Photo Portraits of Picasso
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Photographing America: Henri Cartier-Bresson / Walker Evans
Thames & Hudson · 2009
Magnum's First
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Henri Cartier-Bresson en Inde Author
Thames & Hudson · 2006
Henri Matisse: Figure Color Space
Hatje Cantz · 2005

Group Catalog 1

fotofokus: Fotosammlung Jeane von Oppenheim im Norton Museum of Art
Hatje Cantz · 2000

Survey 5

Seaside: Photographed
Thames & Hudson · 2019
The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations
Thames & Hudson · 2019
Der Swimmingpool in der Fotografie
Hatje Cantz · 2018
The Swimming Pool in Photography
Hatje Cantz · 2018
Topics of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Issues in Learning and in Art
Phaidon Press
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Current Exhibitions1

Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Larry Burrows, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Dec 12, 2025 — Aug 16, 2026

Photography from The Menil Collection: Curated by Wendy Watriss December 12, 2025–August 16, 2026 Main Building

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What the Water Refuses to Forget: Nuits Balnéaires and the Poetics of Ancestral Return
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Past Exhibitions8

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#2,609 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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#5,086 Museo delle Culture

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cina 1948-49 | 1958

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Via Tortona, 56, 20144 Milano MI, Italy

Feb 18, 2022 — May 19, 2022

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#7,758 AMS Galería

Fotografía

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Juan de Valiente 3681, 7630491 Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Sep 1, 2020 — Sep 30, 2020

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#197 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Oct 26, 2017 — Dec 9, 2017

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Byzantine Fresco Chapel

Life Is Once, Forever: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographs

Henri Cartier-Bresson

4011 Yupon St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Jan 1, 2016

Mar 11 – Jul 24, 2016 Main Building Life Is Once, Forever: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographs

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#197 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Henri Cartier-Bresson Very Early Prints

Henri Cartier-Bresson

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Apr 30, 2010 — Jun 12, 2010

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#125 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Early Prints

Henri Cartier-Bresson

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Mar 12, 2009 — May 2, 2009

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Akron Art Museum

The Art of Movement: Dance Photographs from the Carol Halsted Collection

Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Barbara Morgan, Lotte Jacobi, Philip Trager, Lois Greenfield

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

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Art Fair Appearances13

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Paris Photo — Paris
2025
Photo London — London
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
Paris Photo — Paris
2021
Photo London — London
2021
artmonte-carlo — Monaco
2018
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2018
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2017
Paris Photo — Paris
2016
Photo London — London
2016
Photo London — London
2015
The Armory Show — New York
2014
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The Art of Movement: Dance Photographs from the Carol Halsted Collection
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Fondation Henri Cartier‑Bresson Unveils Dual Photography Exhibitions in Paris
May 28, 2026
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May 26, 2026
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May 14, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
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‘I had all kinds of altercations’: the photographer who captures humanity at close quarters
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