Henri Cartier-Bresson
In a Deportee Camp, a Gestapo Informer is Recognized by a Woman She Has Denounced, Dessau, Germany
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- In a Deportee Camp, a Gestapo Informer is Recognized by a Woman She Has Denounced, Dessau, Germany
Date1945, printed 1980
PlaceDessau, Germany
(not assigned)Dessau, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (24.1 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm)
Frame (outer): 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (46.7 × 56.9 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm)
Frame (outer): 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (46.7 × 56.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Michael and Patti Morgan Philanthropic Fund of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, Leland and Carolyn Putterman, Howard and Beverly Robinson, Russ and Leslie Robinson, and Stuart and Jane Weil
Object number2005.363
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "HCB/1309"
Marked in ink, lower right below image: "Henri Cartier-Bresson"
Embossed stamp in the margin, lower left below image: "© HENRI / CARTIER / BRESSON"
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
1938
Gelatin silver print
2002.766
