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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1979.186
People
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French (Chanteloup, France 1908 - 2004 Céreste-en-Luberon, France)
Title
Untitled (Mexico)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284936

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.9 x 16.8 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: possible: verson, top center in blue ink: Henri Cartier Bresson
  • inscription: verso, center, blue ink: Henri Cartier-Bresson
    c/o Julien Levy Gallery
    602 Madison Ave.
    New York City
    USA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean and Julien Levy, from the artist,1934, gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jean and Julien Levy
Copyright
© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
P1979.186
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris, 09/07/2004 - 12/22/2004; Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, 02/10/2005 - 04/10/2005

Verification Level

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