Henri Cartier-Bresson
2217 Avenue D, 1858, built as an interim plant for the Galveston News, known more recently as Henry's Bookstore
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- 2217 Avenue D, 1858, built as an interim plant for the Galveston News, known more recently as Henry's Bookstore
- from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (30.3 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (32.4 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (32.4 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.222
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Exhibited: "Victorian Galveston: An Architectural Portrait," Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, Nov 29, 1990 - Jan 14, 1991 (LN:90.30)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in pencil: "43" [x'd out in green pencil], center: "7715-22", "76 ½", in red pencil: "30" [circled], in green pencil: "p. 69"
recto top left in pencil "30", erased crop marks
recto top left in pencil "30", erased crop marks
On verso: brown stamp in outlined box: "Photograph by/Henri Cartier-Bresson/©1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS/15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36". Red stamp: "N.Y. Times / Book Review // __ cols. ____" [the following information was penciled in: "# / p-58 / 3 5/8 x 5 9/16"]
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