CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. America in Passing. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991. First American edition, with a fine inscription from Cartier-Bresson "a Lincoln qui m'a fait/comprendre (un peu)/l'Amerique/Toute ma vieille amitie/Henri." * CARTIER-BRESSON, RATNA. Nos ombres en fete. N,p., 1990. One of 250 copies, inscribed "a Lincoln/Henri." With a small original Cartier-Bresson photograph (taken in 1937) tipped-in at the end of the text. * And four other pamphlets, all warmly inscribed to Kirstein by Cartier-Bresson. Some wear and soiling, especially to the pamphlets.
Lincoln Kirstein was one of the dedicatees of the first-mentioned work.
Provenance:
Collection of Lincoln Kirstein
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CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. America in Passing. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991. First American edition, with a fine inscription from Cartier-Bresson "a Lincoln qui m'a fait/comprendre (un peu)/l'Amerique/Toute ma vieille amitie/Henri." * CARTIER-BRESSON, RATNA. Nos ombres en fete. N,p., 1990. One of 250 copies, inscribed "a Lincoln/Henri." With a small original Cartier-Bresson photograph (taken in 1937) tipped-in at the end of the text. * And four other pamphlets, all warmly inscribed to Kirstein by Cartier-Bresson. Some wear and soiling, especially to the pamphlets.
Lincoln Kirstein was one of the dedicatees of the first-mentioned work.
Provenance:
Collection of Lincoln Kirstein
Auction: Books / Photographs / Prints / Coins, Bank Notes & Postage Stamps, Apr 27, 2009