Henri Cartier-Bresson, Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York, 1947

Henri Cartier-Bresson France, 1908-2004

Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York, 1947

Signed & inscribed to Peter in ink with photographer's embossed stamp on recto

Gelatin silver print

Paper 20 x 16 inches; Image 17 1/2 x 12 inches

Literature

“You see, you feel and the surprised eye responds.”~ Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri was living for a long time in Harlem at a time when very few whites were living there.He felt a common humanity to the richness of the culture he explored there over several weeks.It was on an Easter Sunday as he was walking the streets and was captivated by the beauty of this woman in her glorious hat and her adoring companion.

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