Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Block-Oppenheimer Building, 1881-82
- from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 7 15/16 in. (30.5 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32.4 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32.4 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.221
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
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 pencil: "11" [x'd out with red pencil], center in pencil: "7709-43", "76 ¼", in red pencil: "43" [circled], "p. 90"
recto top left in pencil "43[circled]", cropping marks
recto top left in pencil "43[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".
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
1962
Gelatin silver print
65.218
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1962
Gelatin silver print
65.239
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1962
Gelatin silver print
65.222
