Henri Cartier-Bresson
Commercial Block, south side strand, early 1870s

Commercial Block, south side strand, early 1870s

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Commercial Block, south side strand, early 1870s
Commercial Block, south side strand, early 1870s
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Commercial Block, south side strand, early 1870s
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 12 1/8 in. (20.5 × 30.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 15/16 in. (24.1 × 32.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.242
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)

"MFAH Invites Stoller & Cartier-Bresson," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, June 14-September 20, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in red pencil: "33 [circled]", in green pencil: "p. 73"; center, in pencil: "70"; lower in pencil: "7696-16 [upside down]".
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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