Henri Cartier-Bresson
Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London

Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London

© Henri Cartier-Bresson/ Magnum Photos

Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London
Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London
Date1938
PlaceLondon, England
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.766
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection Graham Nash.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Sotheby's New York on 4/24/1986.
Exhibition History"The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1947.

"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso, left corner, in pencil: "#1216 / 500-"; on verso, right corner, in black ink: "3/50"
On verso, left, typed white label adhered: "ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY / Artist: Henri Cartier Bresson / Title: London, 1938 / Medium / Size: photograph, 14 ½ x 9 5/8".

Center: stamped in black: "Photograph By / Henri Cartier-Bresson / ©1968 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 10036 [enclosed in box] / NOT FOR REPRODUCTION".

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