Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Sweeny-Royston House, dormer detail, east elevation

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Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson French, 1908–2004

CultureFrench

Titles

The Sweeny-Royston House, dormer detail, east elevation
from the series The Galveston That Was

Date1962

Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (20 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in. (24.1 × 32.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum commission

Object number65.244

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: " The Galveston That Was," Centre on the Strand, Galveston, TX, Sep 21 - Dec 15 1971 (LN:71.10)

Exhibited: "Victorian Galveston: An Architectural Portrait," Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, Nov 29, 1990 - Jan 14, 1991 (LN:90.30)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left in red "73[circled]", in blue "p.203"
center in pencil[upside down] marked through in blue "70 1/2"
lower right in pencil[upside down] "7705-26"
recto top left "73", bottom margin cropping marks

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