Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Stewart Title Building (Originally Kauffman & Runge), 1882, Eugene T Heiner, architect, detail of west elevation

The Stewart Title Building (Originally Kauffman & Runge), 1882, Eugene T Heiner, architect, detail of west elevation

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The Stewart Title Building (Originally Kauffman & Runge), 1882, Eugene T Heiner, architect, detail of west elevation
The Stewart Title Building (Originally Kauffman & Runge), 1882, Eugene T Heiner, architect, detail of west elevation
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Stewart Title Building (Originally Kauffman & Runge), 1882, Eugene T Heiner, architect, detail of west elevation
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (30.6 × 20.5 cm)
 Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (32.8 × 23.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.240
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
verso, upper left corner in red pencil: "54 [circled]", "pg 108 [circled]"; center in pencil reading vertically "71 ½", "7708-19"
recto top left "54", left margin cropping marks
verso center reading vertically 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
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