Object number2016.34.4
A canal that joins the Yangtse River is seen from the Nanking Walls, Nankin, Jiangsu, China
DateApril 1949
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(French, 1908-2004)
CultureFrench
MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (25.1 x 16.5 cm)
Matted: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
Matted: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, upper left in ink: CHINE_R_P [underlined twice] / REG/VILLES [underlined twice]; center in pencil: SELECTION; 343/21 [horizontal]; lower right corner: HBC-CH-377; lower left corner: FLLAC 2016.34.4
MarkingsOn verso, stamped center in blue ink [within a rectangular box]: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON-MAGNUM-Photos; stamped lower center in blue ink: PHOTO HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON / MENTION OBLIGATOIRE / PRIERE DE REPRODUIRE CETTE PHOTO / INTEGRALEMENT, SANS EN MODIFIER LE CADRAGE; On a typed label, on verso upper edge: NANKIN [underlined] - 343/21 / Nanking walls[strike out through s] is 38 Km long and was built by the 1st Ming / emperor at the end of the 14th century. On a long part of / it it is bordered by a canal going to the Yangtse. / Between the wall and the canal are huts, and one can / discretely peep at the life swarming underneath, boats / on the canal, rice-fields beyond.
DescriptionImage of a rural land with buildings dotted along the landscape and waterwaysTerms
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
1954
Culture: French
