Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Sonnentheil House, detail, southwest corner, second story porch

The Sonnentheil House, detail, southwest corner, second story porch

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The Sonnentheil House, detail, southwest corner, second story porch
The Sonnentheil House, detail, southwest corner, second story porch
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Sonnentheil House, detail, southwest corner, second story porch
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (30.2 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/2 in. (32.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.239
Non exposé

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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)

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, upper left corner in red pencil: "88 [circled] / p. 166"; center left in pencil: "78", right "7698-16"
recto top left "88", left margin cropping marks
verso center reading vertically 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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