Description
This beautifully somber Photogravure by master Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is titled ‘Graveside, Taos, New Mexico, 1947’. Printed in the 1950’s in France, this image is extremely rich in tone, heat mounted on conservation mat and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
“A land-owner died. His body was taken out to the burial ground in a shiny black motor hearse. Members of the family rode in a stage-coach; cowhands and ranch help came on horseback. During the funeral, this one old cowboy bowed his head at the graveside.” The Decisive Moment (1952)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was a French photographer who specialized in humanist photography. He is considered the master of candid photography, and one of the first prominent users of 35 mm film. Cartier-Bresson innovated street photography, bringing it to a new level in modern art. He thought of his photos as “capturing a decisive moment”.
Photogravure is a unique intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a characteristic honeycomb pattern) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph.
SIZE:
Print: 9″ x 13.5″
Mat: 14″ x 18″
CONDITION NOTES: Very Good (slight yellowing toward the edges) – heat mounted on conservation grade mat board. COA included
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