Object number2016.34.7

Jean Monnet, Father of the Common Market

Date1962

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

CultureFrench

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 × 6 5/8 in. (25.4 × 16.83 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 7 1/4 in. (26.99 × 18.42 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hands, upper center edge in pencil: FCC F 2185; upper center: M[crossed out] / Jean Monnet / marché commun et cete el[cut off]; center [vertically]: 7657 - 20; lower center in ink: 7657-20; lower left corner in pencil: FLLAC 2016.34.7

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center in red ink [crossed out with multiple X's]: Reproduction print strictly for use in printed matter and not / exhibition or collection. / [red line] / Epreuve destinée uniquement à la reproduction et en aucun / cas pour exposition ou collectionneurs.; stamped lower center in blue ink [scribbled out]: Copyright "Vogue" Magazine 1962 [within rectangle]; H. Cartier-Bresson, magnum; stamped lower right: Collection Cha[...?] F[...?]

DescriptionPortrait of a smiling older bald man in a suit from the chest up with a white sculpture in front of a mirror in the background

Terms

male

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