Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Menard House, 1838, southeast corner of center pavilion

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Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson French, 1908–2004

CultureFrench

Titles

The Menard House, 1838, southeast corner of center pavilion
from the series The Galveston That Was

Date1962

Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (30.2 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (32.8 × 24 cm)

Credit LineMuseum commission

Object number65.232

Not on view

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Department

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)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on verso, upper left in red pencil: "2 [circled]"; upper right in blue ink: "8 [circled]", "5 5/16 x 8 ¼ [crossed out with red ink]"; center in pencil: "Photo No. 1 / Menard House / Page 21", "78 ?", "7698-11"
recto top left in pencil "2", cropping marks

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