On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> Great report, and yes, it's amazing how our tastes and perceptions as to > what >> makes a print good have changed over the years. I've only seen one of his > in >> person, printed by Gassmann (or one of his minions) and it was much lower >> contrast than we expect by today's standards. >> Still, as Bob points out, lots of detail.in that one (Sur la Rue > Mouffetard or >> "the boy with the bottles" was the particular print). >> > > That print can be yours for about $20,000. > <http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=5185 > 994&sid=> > > I remember going in the early 1980s to the print room at the Photographers' > Gallery in London and looking through their portfolios of unframed prints, > including many of HCB's. They told me that I could have some of the > better-known pictures for about £1,000.00 each. Not having £1,000.00 at the > time, I reluctantly declined. If I'd had that kind of money at the time > there aren't many better ways I could have spent it. > > The rue Mouffetard itself has changed beyond recognition, but still makes an > enjoyable and photogenic visit - Hemingway territory, among many others.
When I saw the print at a local exhibit of Magnum photographers it was going for only $8000 Cdn. Everything else (including Arnold, Erwitt, Capa - D-day prints not less - was going for about $2000-$4000). This was about 5 years ago. I guess it would have been a good investment. One thing that amazed me (and you don't get a sense of it in the small web version that you linked to) is that the boy with the bottles is ~not~ at all sharp. He should have had his AF on... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
