| Henri Cartier-Bresson Last Days of the Kuomintang, Merchant waiting with Man Eating, Beijing 1948 Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 ins (15.9 x 23.8 cm) Sotheby's - New York Photographs, 1 April 2015, Lot: 51 LL/58470 This print was made during Cartier-Bresson's assignment in China for LIFE in 1948, which the photographer chronicled extensively in his 1956 volume, China in Transition: A Moment in History. While this image ultimately was not used by LIFE, it has attained icon status within the photographer's oeuvre.
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