Object number2015.31.7.3

Woman with camera in pull wagon, Lourdes

Date1958

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

CultureFrench

MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 x 12 in. (20.3 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, lower left in black ink [vertically]: PELERINAGES [underlined twice] / LOURDES [underlined once]; lower right corner in pencil: HCB-LOU-101; lower left edge: FLLAC 2015.31.7.3

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

BibliographyMagnum, ImageProvenanceGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
DescriptionImage of a woman on a bike holding rosary beads and a camera poised to take a picture - a crowd of people sit beside and behind her

Terms

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