Henri Cartier-Bresson
Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, south elevation

Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, south elevation

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, south elevation
Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, south elevation
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, south elevation
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (20.2 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 11/16 in. (24.1 × 32.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.219
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)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in pencil: "32" [x'd out with red pencil], in red pencil: "40" [circled] / pp 84-85", in black ink: "22nd between H & I". Pencil: "5/5"
recto top left in pencil "40[circled]", 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".
In pencil: "7720-18".

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