Details HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004)Truman Capote, New Orleans, 1947gelatin silver printstamped photographers credit with reproduction limitation in ink (verso); inscribed in ink (frame backing board)image/sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.8 x 24.4 cm.) Provenance Truman Capote;by descent to partner, novelist Jack Dunphy, 1984;Sotheby’s, New York, April 6, 1993, lot 263;William L. Schaeffer Photographic Works of Art;acquired from the above by the late owner, 1996. Literature André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photoportraits, Thames and Hudson, London, 1985, p. 58.Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Man, The Image & The World: A Retrospective, Thames and Hudson, London 2003, p. 188.Henri Cartier-Bresson and Clement Cheroux, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Here and Now, Thames and Hudson, London, 2014 pl. 285, p. 268. Special Notice On occasion, Christies has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot. Conditions of sale