![CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. The Decisive Moment. [Images à la sauvette.] New York and Paris: Simon and Schuster, and Verve, 1952. 4° (360 x 270 mm). Complete with the leaflet of captions. 126 black and white photographs. Original pictorial boards with a design after Matisse (lightly yellowed as often), original illustrated dust-jacket after Matisse (expertly lined and closing a few short tears and small chips). Provenance: Henri Cartier-Bresson (inscription to:) -- André Faure.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0259_000(cartier-bresson_henri_the_decisive_moment_images_a_la_sauvette_new_yor043453).jpg?w=1)
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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. The Decisive Moment. [Images à la sauvette.] New York and Paris: Simon and Schuster, and Verve, 1952. 4° (360 x 270 mm). Complete with the leaflet of captions. 126 black and white photographs. Original pictorial boards with a design after Matisse (lightly yellowed as often), original illustrated dust-jacket after Matisse (expertly lined and closing a few short tears and small chips). Provenance: Henri Cartier-Bresson (inscription to:) -- André Faure.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CARTIER-BRESSON: 'à Monsieur André Faure avec mon très cordial souvenir, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Flandre Juin 57'. In a much brighter than usual example of the easily stained dust-jacket. 'ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL PHOTOBOOKS' (The Photobook). It was an immediate success, and inspired countless artists and photographers. 101 Books, pp.134-35; The Open Book, pp.154-55; The Photobook, vol. I, p.208.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CARTIER-BRESSON: 'à Monsieur André Faure avec mon très cordial souvenir, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Flandre Juin 57'. In a much brighter than usual example of the easily stained dust-jacket. 'ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL PHOTOBOOKS' (The Photobook). It was an immediate success, and inspired countless artists and photographers. 101 Books, pp.134-35; The Open Book, pp.154-55; The Photobook, vol. I, p.208.