Henri Cartier-Bresson
Colorado Congress at North Platte, Nebraska

Colorado Congress at North Platte, Nebraska

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Colorado Congress at North Platte, Nebraska
Colorado Congress at North Platte, Nebraska
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Colorado Congress at North Platte, Nebraska
  • from the series The American Scene
Date1947, printed 1948
(not assigned)North Platte, Nebraska, United States
PlaceColorado, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage/sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (16.5 × 24.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number2001.683
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeriodicals Art Library; [unidentified dealer]; [Steven Daiter Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by Joseph Chanin, New York; given to MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso: "Colorado/Congress at North Platte, Nebraska."
Stamps on verso lower center:
"PROPERTY OF THE/PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY,/186, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1./MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED"
"SEE/30 OCT 1948/ILLUSTRATED"

Paper labels on verso:
"THE AMERICAN SCENE. PICS BY HENRI CARTIER BRESSON OF "MAGNUM"/The American scene changed from city to city, from state to state,/but under it all lies the aim of a young country in pursuit/ of happiness."
"FILE AMERICA NATIVES MISC"

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