Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Voelcker Residence, 1887, detail of north elevation

The Voelcker Residence, 1887, detail of north elevation

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The Voelcker Residence, 1887, detail of north elevation
The Voelcker Residence, 1887, detail of north elevation
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Voelcker Residence, 1887, detail of north elevation
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 7 15/16 in. (30.5 × 20.2 cm)
 Sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (32.2 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.251
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: " The Galveston That Was," Centre on the Strand, Galveston, TX, Sep 21 - Dec 15 1971 (LN:71.10)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso, upper left corner in pencil: "15 [x'd out in red pencil]", "46 [circled]", "p. 99", in pencil: "78 [x'd out in red pencil]"; center, in pencil reading vertically "7715-9"
recto top left above image in pencil "46", right margin cropping marks

verso, brown stamp in outlined box: "Photograph by/Henri Cartier-Bresson/©1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS/15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36".

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