Photo © OstLicht Photo Auction — view this lot on OstLicht Photo Auction ↗Gandhi just before breaking his fast, Delhi, January 1948, 1948
Photograph · Paper
OstLicht Photo Auction · May 28, 2026€6,000 ≈ $6,970 ≈ £5,200Sign up free to see price
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)
$720 price realized incl. premium
≈ £548≈ €649
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “Pencil on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artists monogram H.C.B and dated 3.84 lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches 24.77 x 19.69 cm (sheet)
- Auction house
- Michaan's Auctions
- Sale
- Winter Fine Sale (A0548)
- Date
- December 6, 2019
- Location
- Alameda, California, United States
- Lot
- 2187
- Estimate
- $500 – $700 (≈ £381 – £533) (≈ €451 – €631)
- Source
- Auction house michaans.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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