Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Austin House

The Austin House

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The Austin House
The Austin House
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Austin House
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 12 in. (20.2 × 30.5 cm)
 Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in. (24.1 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.216
Not on view

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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
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in red pencil: "37 [circled] / pp 78-79". Left in pencil: "7694-35". Left in pencil: "5/5". In black ink: "1502 Avenue D". In pencil, center : "We ___ make / a lighter print / on its ______ please / destroy this one"
recto top left in pencil "37", cropping marks
On verso: 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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