Object number2015.31.7.2

Men with cameras in crowd of pilgrims, Lourdes

Date1958

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

CultureFrench

MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 x 12 in. (20 x 30.5 cm)
Matted: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hands, center in pencil: [illegible]; lower right corner HCB-LOU-098; lower left in black ink [vertically]: PELERINAGES [underlined twice] / LOURDES [underlined once]; lower left edge in pencil: FLLAC 2015.31.7.2

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center left in blue ink: HENRI-CARTIER-BRESSON-MAGNUM-Photos [within rectangle]; stamped center right [upside down]: CF; stamped lower center: PHOTO / MAGNUM; stamped lower left in black ink [vertically]: RELIGION

ProvenanceGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
DescriptionImage of a crowd, with several people at the front of the group with cameras, one woman bends over with her hands pressed together, and the back of a man out of focus in the foreground obscures the right half of the crowd

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