Object number2015.31.7.5

Two men with black hats and capes in profile, Lourdes

Date1958

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

CultureFrench

MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 20 cm)
Matted: 20 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (51 x 41 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hands, upper left corner in black ink: PELERINAGES [underlined twice] / LOURDES [underlined once]; center in pencil [vertically]: HCB; lower right corner: HCB-LOU-187; lower left corner: FLLAC 2015.31.7.5

MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left in black ink: RELIGION; stamped center in blue ink [vertically]: PHOTO / MAGNUM

ProvenanceGift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky
DescriptionImage of two older men in long dark capes and hats standing at the edge of a sidewalk looking towards the other side of the road

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