Henri Cartier-Bresson
The J.E. Wallis Residence, 1882 (demolished 1962)

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Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908–2004)French, 1908–2004

CultureFrench

Titles

The J.E. Wallis Residence, 1882 (demolished 1962)
from the series The Galveston That Was

Date1962

Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 × 7 15/16 in. (30.5 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32.4 × 24.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum commission

Object number65.253

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)

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 pencil: "44 [x'd out in red pencil] ,59 [circled] 117" in ink: "1502 Ave I"; center in pencil: "7700-27"; lower in pencil: "71 ½ [number above is scribbled out]"
recto top left in pencil "59", left margin cropping marks

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