CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Images à la Sauvette. Paris: Verve. 1952.
4to.(359 x 270 mm.). Original pictorial paper covered boards reproducing an original design by Henri Matisse; 158 pp., including 126 black and white photographs; light browning to the spine, otherwise a fine copy.
First French edition, published at the same time as the US edition (The Decisive Moment) without a dust-jacket and with the captions bound-in. This has been described as 'one of the greatest of all photobooks' and is accepted as the most representative book of Cartier-Bresson's work. Its influence on subsequent photographers cannot be overestimated.
PARR, Martin and Gerry BADGER. The Photobook: A History. Vol I, p. 208.
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