Henri Cartier-Bresson
Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
- Right to left, The Stewart Title Building, next the Trueheart-Adriance Building, and center, The First National Bank Building, circa 1878, design attributed to J.M. Brown, who is also said to have supervised its construction
- from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 11 15/16 in. (20 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in. (24 × 32.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in. (24 × 32.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.241
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibited: The Galveston Historical Society, Galveston TX, Apr 26 - 29 1973 (LN:73.15)
Exhibited: "Victorian Galveston: An Architectural Portrait," Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, Nov 29, 1990 - Jan 14, 1991 (LN:90.30)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso, upper left corner in pecil "66 [x'd out] / 56", in red pencil: "56 [circled and x'd out]""pp.110-111"; lower left in ink: "22nd & B"
upper right in pencil "ss", lower right[upside down] "7711-4"
recto top left "56", bottom margin cropping marks
upper right in pencil "ss", lower right[upside down] "7711-4"
recto top left "56", bottom margin 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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