Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- Bordello on Post Office Street, west of Twenty-Fifth Street
- from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage : 11 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (30.3 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (32.2 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (32.2 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.217
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in pencil: "26", "70", in red pencil: "119 [circled] / pp 212". Center, in green pencil: "11 ¼ "[with lines going up on the one side and down on the other suggesting height]
recto top left in pencil "119", cropping marks
recto top left in pencil "119", 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". Right pencil: "7708-29".
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