Henri Cartier-Bresson
The McDonald House, 1890

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

CultureFrench

Titles

The McDonald House, 1890
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 × 32.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum commission

Object number65.230

Not on view

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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 pencil: "49", red pencil: "102 [circled]", in green pencil: "p. 208", in black ink: "926 Ave G [crossed out with green pencil]"; middle in pencil: "7712-40 [crossed out with green pencil]"; center in pencil: "0_ [x'd out] [it may be a "6" next to the zero but difficult to read]"
recto top left in pencil "102", cropping marks

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