MARC RIBOUD 1923-2016 - Lot 78

MARC RIBOUD 1923-2016 Rue Luilichang, the street of antique dealers seen through the very Chinese doors and windows of a now-demolished store, Beijing, 1965. Photograph. Posterior silver print identified and located in pencil on the back. Image: 16.4 x 25 cm; sheet: 17.5 x 28 cm Bibliography: "Chine Instantanés de voyages par Marc Riboud", ed. Arthaud, Paris, 1980, p.91. From 1955 to 1957, Marc Riboud crossed the Middle East and spent a year in India, before returning to China for several months. In 1965, he returned to China, where he photographed the beginnings of the Cultural Revolution. These photographs were published in the international press and in his second book, "The Three Banners of China". An exhibition is held at Asia House in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art and Photographer's Gallery in London, and Galerie Delpire in Paris.