Object number2016.34.6

Catholic Congress, Hanover, Germany

Date1962

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

CultureFrench

MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (16.83 × 25.08 cm)
Matted: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hands, upper center in pencil: FCC F 1421; in ink: Hanovre.; upper right in pencil [circled]: 106/1; [squiggle in pencil in the upper and lower third]; center left: 010/175 [vertically] Allemagne 106/7[circled] / 750 [?, along a horizontal arrow running the length of the print] / 62%[circled]; center: 7[?]27/10; center right: 48 [?, along a vertical arrow running the length of the print]; lower left edge: FLLAC 2016.34.6

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center in blue ink: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON / Mention obligatoire / Prière de reproduire cette photo intégralement / sans en modifier le cadrage.

ProvenanceGift of Stephen Nicholas
DescriptionImage of men in ecclesiastical robes and suites wearing glasses and looking into the distance, one is sleeping

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