Henri Cartier-Bresson
The McDonald House, 1890

The McDonald House, 1890

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The McDonald House, 1890
The McDonald House, 1890
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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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 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
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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