Auction Record 433,000 Euros for a Circulation of Cartier-bresson
by A drawing of a 1946 photo of Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932," fetched 433,000 euros was Friday in Paris, an absolute record for a work of great photographer who died in 2004, according to the Christies auction house.
Auction record 433,000 euros for a circulation of Cartier-Bresson
A drawing of a 1946 photo of Henri Cartier-Bresson, “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932,” fetched 433,000 euros was Friday in Paris, an absolute record for a work of great photographer who died in 2004, according to the Christies auction house.
The black and white, a man jumping over a huge puddle in which reflected his silhouette and the gates of the station was estimated at between 120,000 and 180,000 euros (excluding fees).
For the first time, hundreds of events from the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson were offered for sale at Christies, and totaled more than 2 million euros (2,086,450 euros) – for an initial estimate of costs out 1.4 million? euros – to allow the foundation to acquire a larger building.
Other notable acquisitions of the evening, a portrait of the sculptor “Alberto Giacometti at the Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1961″ (1999 edition) was awarded 75,400 euros (estimated 15,000 to 20,000, excluding fees) and the “Coronation of King George VI, Trafalgar Square, London, May 12, 1937 “(1957 edition) has gone to 70,600 (estimated 30,000 to 50,000 excluding fees), as well as for” Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 1948 “(1950 edition / 1960, estimated 20,000 to 30,000 excluding fees).
The sale attracted over 2,000 visitors, enthusiasts and collectors, according to Christ who counted a large majority of European buyers (69%), against 20%? American and 5%? Asian in the room, telephone and on the site of the house.
The statutes of the Foundation include the possibility of selling prints signed order? Enrich its heritage as long as the tests are identical in the fund inalienable.
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