Henri Cartier-Bresson
The McDonald House, porch detail

The McDonald House, porch detail

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The McDonald House, porch detail
The McDonald House, porch detail
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The McDonald House, porch detail
  • 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 13/16 in. (24.1 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.231
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 red pencil: "103 [circled]", in green pencil: "p. 209"; center in pencil: "70"
recto top left in pencil "103", 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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