Henri Cartier-Bresson
Vernacular Greek Houses designed by anonymous builders on Avenue I

Vernacular Greek Houses designed by anonymous builders on Avenue I

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Vernacular Greek Houses designed by anonymous builders on Avenue I
Vernacular Greek Houses designed by anonymous builders on Avenue I
ArtistFrench, 1908–2004
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Vernacular Greek Houses designed by anonymous builders on Avenue I
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (30.6 × 20.2 cm)
 Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (32.4 × 24 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.250
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left corner in pencil: "17 [x'd out in green pencil]", in red pencil: "22 [circled]", in green pencil: "p. 51"upper right in pencil reading vertically "7699-36", lower left "77"
recto top left above image "22", right margin cropping marks
verso center brown stamp in outlined box: "Photograph by/Henri Cartier-Bresson/©1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS/15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36", bottom left printed MFAH label

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