Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

47 T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 781 Henri Cartier-Bresson FRENCH 1908–2004 A Spanish Scene: Village of Ariza, Aragon, Spain, 1953 inscribed ‘To John Seeley in grateful appreciation of your kind cooperation, Henri Cartier-Bresson’and stamped with Magnum Photo stamp gelatin silver print before 1960 20 by 30 cm R90 000 – 120 000 PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist by John Seeley, Director of the IBM Gallery, New York. Heritage Auctions, Dallas. After the publication of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s monograph The Decisive Moment in 1952, a traveling exhibition of the same name toured several countries, starting at the Louvre in Paris in 1955 and ending at the IBM Gallery in New York in 1960. John Seeley was the Director of the IBM Gallery at the time. 780 Henri Cartier-Bresson FRENCH 1908–2004 Henri Matisse, Vence, France, 1944 embossed with the Henri Cartier- Bresson chopmark gelatin silver print image size: 30 by 44,5 cm R120 000 – 160 000 PROVENANCE Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago. LITERATURE Henri Cartier-Bresson (1968) The World of Cartier-Bresson , New York: Viking Press, another print from the edition illustrated as plate 121. Phillips (2017) Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Eye of the Century , New York: Phillips, illustrated as figure 34. Henri Matisse first sat for Henri Cartier-Bresson at the end of 1943 …The world-famous artist had duodenal cancer and believed himself to be dying. Matisse hated to be photographed and during his sittings, Cartier-Bresson would sit in the corner of the room in silence for hours whilst the artist and his model, Lydia Delectorskaya, continued their work. The photograph shows the artist with a pencil in one hand and a dove in the other, with a sketchbook open on his lap. The cages surrounding Matisse highlight his passion for collecting birds from local markets. As well as doves, he kept songbirds, and would allow all of them to fly freely around the house, which was shared with his cats … Cartier-Bresson’s photograph exists as an important document which depicts Matisse as accurately as can be, in his home environment. 1 1. Huxley-Parlour Gallery ,’Henri Matisse at his Home, ‘Le Rêve’, by Henri Cartier- Bresson’, https://huxleyparlour.com/ henri-matisse-at-his-home-le-reve-by- henri-cartier-bresson/ 782 Yousuf Karsh ARMENIAN/CANADIAN 1908–2002 Winston Churchill, 1941 signed; stamped ©Karsh, Ottawa, on the reverse of the paper; stamped Copyright Karsh, Ottawa, on a label adhered to the reverse gelatin silver print image size: 22 by 17 cm R150 000 – 200 000 PROVENANCE Heritage Auctions, Dallas. 780 781 782