Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Washington Hotel, detail

The Washington Hotel, detail

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

The Washington Hotel, detail
The Washington Hotel, detail
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Washington Hotel, detail
  • from the series The Galveston That Was
Date1962
Place depictedGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (30.8 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 15/16 in. (24.1 × 32.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum commission
Object number65.258
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.

"Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 10 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, upper left corner in red pencil: "19 [circled]", in blue pencil: "p 46"; lower, in pencil: "7701-21 [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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