Texas
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- Texas
Date1960–1962, printed 1967–1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (approximate): 35 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (89.8 × 58.8 cm)
Sheet (approximate): 35 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (89.8 × 58.8 cm)
Mount (approximate): 35 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (89.8 × 58.8 cm)
Frame: 44 5/8 × 32 7/16 × 1 15/16 in. (113.3 × 82.4 × 5 cm)
Sheet (approximate): 35 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (89.8 × 58.8 cm)
Mount (approximate): 35 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (89.8 × 58.8 cm)
Frame: 44 5/8 × 32 7/16 × 1 15/16 in. (113.3 × 82.4 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the JBD Foundation, courtesy of Nena Marsh, and the Lynn and Marcel Mason Photography Endowment, and Bernard and Nancy Matus by exchange
Object number2024.553
Not on view
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Ever attuned to the way elements of his surroundings came together to form a picture, Henri Cartier-Bresson captured this collagelike image along the edges of a rural circus. As he traveled worldwide, his keen eye was matched by a humanist philosophy, and traveling through the American South in the early 1960s, he was surely conscious of the fraught state of race relations and the disparate futures these two youths might face.
This exceptionally large print was produced for Cartier-Bresson’s 1968 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
ProvenanceThe artist; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; [Christie's Auction, New York, October, 2017]; Joe Baio; [Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
1962
Gelatin silver print
65.248
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1962
Gelatin silver print
65.249
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1947, printed 1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.677
