Henri Cartier-Bresson

French | 1908 - 2004

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who was born in 1908. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham. Numerous key galleries and museums such as NGV Australia & The Ian Potter Centre have featured Henri Cartier-Bresson's work in the past.Henri Cartier-Bresson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 16 USD to 596,567 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 596,567 USD for Derri猫re la gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932, sold at Christie's Paris in 2011. In the past 12 months, his photographs have averaged 6,002 USD, while his prints & graphic art have sold for an average of 937 USD.Henri Cartier-Bresson has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in October 2025. The artist died in 2004.

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Featured for Sale

André Breton at Saint-Cirq-Lapopie ,1961

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Fisherman and his son ,1980

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Lower East Side, Manhattan ,1947

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Notable Lots

Couronnement du roi George VI, Trafalgar Square, Londres, 12 mai 1937 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Couronnement du roi George VI, Trafalgar Square, Londres, 12 mai 1937 ,1957

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Hyères, France ,1932

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

+566%

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Derri猫re la gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Derrière la gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932 ,1946

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson : Photographer - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson : Photographer ,1980

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Matisse, Vence, France - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Matisse, Vence, France ,1944

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Lower East Side, Manhattan - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lower East Side, Manhattan ,1947

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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A member of the French Academy on his way to a ceremony at Notre Dame, 1953 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

A member of the French Academy on his way to a ceremony at Notre Dame, 1953 ,1953

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Conductor and Composer Pierre Boulez, Paris 1962 - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Conductor and Composer Pierre Boulez, Paris 1962 ,1962

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Madrid, Spain ,1933

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Current Exhibitions

Nouvelle Vague

Peter Fetterman Gallery

Santa Monica | Los Angeles | California | USA

06 Sep, 2025 - 03 Jan, 2026

Coming into Focus: A Snapshot of Photography at the Nasher

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Durham | North Carolina | USA

17 Jul, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

Magnum's First

The Image Centre (IMC)

Toronto | Ontario | Canada

10 Sep, 2025 - 13 Dec, 2025

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Articles

Fine photographs at Swann Oct. 16: Ansel Adams, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol & more

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Coverage

鈥� ..Like any artist who has penetrated the heights of cultural acclaim a certain few of Cartier-Bresson's images have become icons, but these images are often referred to at the expense of a huge wealth of... 鈥�
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Beetles+Huxley

鈥� ..Working in the following decades as a photo-reporter and artist Cartier-Bresson decisively influenced magazines such as 鈥淒u鈥� or 鈥淟ife鈥�... 鈥�
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

鈥� ..Cartier-Bresson saw himself as an artist and the camera as a drawing tool, a way to create an instant sketch... 鈥�
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University of Michigan Museum of Art

鈥� ..Cartier-Bresson succeeded like no-one else in recording decisive moments with his camera... 鈥�
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

鈥� ..Cartier-Bresson鈥檚 work focuses on humanity and, often preferring to blend into a situation, his camera captured faces and bodies full of emotion and intentions both intimate and bold... 鈥�
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QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art

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