Henri Cartier-Bresson
Cardinal Pacelli, Montmartre, Paris

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Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004

CultureFrench

Titles

Cardinal Pacelli, Montmartre, Paris

Date1938

PlaceParis, France

(not assigned)Paris, France

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 3/4in. (19.5 × 24.8cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 3/4in. (19.5 × 24.8cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Clare A. Glassell, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.239

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 17-October 6, 2002.

"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.

“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil verso, upper left: "from l'Album / 'Photographie'"

Inscribed verso, upper center, in black: "Pie XII alois 94 Ineraid encore que / Cardinal Pacelli in Paris en 1936 / photo Henri Cartier-Bresson / mention obligatoire / prieve de reproduce crite grabent certe epressive / sans en modifier enquoique ce soit le ca drage / HCB"

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