TITLE: Beautiful Jaipur
AUTHOR: Henri Cartier Bresson
PUBLISHER: Information Bureau, Government of Jaipur [The Times of India Press, Bombay]
PLACE: Jaipur
YEAR: 1948
EDITION: First
BINDING: Illustrated red cloth, with printed dust jacket having black titles and illustration of a vase of flowers on the cover
NO.OF PAGES: 75 pages including 64 photographs reproduced in semitone
SIZE:
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Rarest book by Henri Cartier-Bresson, whose photographs were taken during his trip to India on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Premkumari Sahiba in May 1948, with his wife Eli. It is a book that praises the climate of Jaipur and the beauty of architecture. This publication was made four years before the release of the book "IMAGE A LA SAUVETTE" (The Decisive Moment).
Preceded only by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) exhibition catalogue from 1947, this is the photographer's rare second monograph. Practically Henri Cartier-Bresson's first book.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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