Henri Cartier-Bresson
The J.E. Wallis Residence

The J.E. Wallis Residence

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The J.E. Wallis Residence
The J.E. Wallis Residence
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The J.E. Wallis Residence
  • 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 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (32.2 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.255
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
Inscribed on upper left corner in red pencil: "61 [circled] / p. 120"; center, in pencil reading vertically "7700-43", lower left "67 1/2", bottom right[upside down] "27"
recto top left above image in pencil "61", left margin cropping marks
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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1962
Gelatin silver print
65.256
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