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Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-01067

Collection Name:

Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Collection

Creator:

Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004)

No. of Items:

15 photographs

Span Dates:

1932-1950

Description:

The collection consists of fifteen photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004). Item-level information follows.

964:0031:0001 -- Rice Fields, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1950. Gelatin silver print, 16.6 x 25.2 cm;
964:0031:0002 -- Cardinal Pacelli (Pius XII) at Sacre-Coeur de Montemarte, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 19.8 x 25 cm;
964:0031:0003 -- Muslim women praying towards rising sum. Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 16.7 x 25.2 cm;
964:0031:0004 -- The last fast of Ghandi, Delhi, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 25.2 x 16.6 cm;
964:0031:0005 -- Gold rush during the last days of the Kuomingtang in Shanghi, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 17.2 x 25 cm;
964:0031:0006 -- Alfred Stieglitz, 1946. Gelatin silver print, 16.7 x 24.7 cm;
964:0031:0007 -- Christian Berard at the "First Hotel", boulevard Gambaldi, Paris, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 25 x 16.7 cm;
964:0031:0008 -- Hong Kong, 1949. Gelatin silver print, 30 x 19.7 cm;
964:0031:0009 -- Seville, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 20.1 x 30 cm;
964:0031:0010 -- Exposing a Stool Pigeon, 1945. Gelatin silver print, 19.8 x 29.5 cm;
964:0031:0011 -- Matisse with a model, 1944. Gelatin silver print, 39.5 x 26 cm;
964:0031:0012 -- Prostitute in Mexico, 1934. Gelatin silver print, 38.4 x 26.7 cm;
964:0031:0013 -- Seville, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 26.5 x 39.3 cm;
964:0031:0014 -- Picnic on the Marne, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 26.3 x 39.5 cm;
964:0031:0015 -- Cardinal Pacelli (Pope Pius XII) at Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 29.4 x 38.7 cm.

Also housed with this collection are two prints from the Parker Tyler Literary File Photography Collection. Item-level information for these prints, which were removed from Album 2, follow.

975:0092:0020 -- Charles Henry Ford, Paris, 1935. Gelatin silver print, 16.3 x 23.5 cm;
975:0092:0021 -- Mexico, 1934. Gelatin silver print, 16.6 x 24.8 cm.

Location(s):

Cartier-Bresson, H., Box 1 (964:0031:0001-0010; 975:0092:0020-0021)
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C Box, Large (964:0031:0011)
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Cartier-Bresson, H., Box 2 (964:0031:0012-0015)
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Item(s):

964:0031:0001 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Rice Fields, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1950. Gelatin silver print, 16.6 x 25.2 cm ; 6 1/2 x 9 9/10 in .

964:0031:0002 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Cardinal Pacelli (Pius XII) at Sacre-Coeur de Montemarte, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 19.8 x 25 cm ; 7 4/5 x 9 4/5 in .

964:0031:0003 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Muslim women praying towards rising sum. Srinagar, Kashmir., 1948. Gelatin silver print, 16.7 x 25.2 cm ; 6 3/5 x 9 9/10 in .

964:0031:0004 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). The last fast of Ghandi, Delhi., 1948. Gelatin silver print, 25.2 x 16.6 cm ; 9 9/10 x 6 1/2 in .

964:0031:0005 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Gold rush, Shanghai, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 17.2 x 25 cm ; 6 4/5 x 9 4/5 in .

964:0031:0006 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Alfred Stieglitz, 1946. Gelatin silver print, 16.7 x 24.7 cm ; 6 3/5 x 9 7/10 in .

964:0031:0007 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Christian Berard at the "First Hotel", boulevard Gambaldi, Paris, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 25 x 16.7 cm ; 9 4/5 x 6 3/5 in .

964:0031:0008 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Hong Kong, 1949. Gelatin silver print, 30 x 19.7 cm ; 11 4/5 x 7 4/5 in .

964:0031:0009 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Seville, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 20.1 x 30 cm ; 7 9/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0031:0010 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Exposing a stool pigeon, 1945. Gelatin silver print, 19.8 x 29.5 cm ; 7 4/5 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0031:0011 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). [Henri Matisse and model in his studio], 1944. Gelatin silver print, 39.5 x 26 cm ; 15 3/5 x 10 1/5 in .

964:0031:0012 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Prostitute in Mexico, 1934. Gelatin silver print, 38.4 x 26.7 cm ; 15 1/10 x 10 1/2 in .

964:0031:0013 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Seville, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 26.5 x 39.3 cm ; 10 2/5 x 15 1/2 in .

964:0031:0014 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Picnic on the banks of the Marne, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 26.3 x 39.5 cm ; 10 2/5 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0031:0015 -- Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908 - 2004). Cardinal Pacelli (Pius XII) at Sacre-Coeur de Montemarte, 1938. Gelatin silver print, 29.4 x 38.7 cm ; 11 3/5 x 15 1/5 in .

See Also:

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection: Item P35 in the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02651)

Carson McCullers Literary File Photography Collection: Items 957:0037:0207-0208, 0211-0215 in the Carson McCullers Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02678).

Parker Tyler Literary File Photography Collection: Album 2 in the Parker Tyler Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02656)


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