Soldiers on Trolley, Beijing, China
1948
Artist, French, 1908 - 2004
Printer
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.1 × 16.6 cm (9 1/2 × 6 9/16 in.)
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Accession
2012.118.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT, purchased 2002; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, stamped, upper left in black ink with blue pencil underlining: PEIPING ESSAY 48; stamped, perpendicular, upper left in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / Bresson [artist's name in graphite]; stamped, upper center in black ink: LIFE PRINT / BY / AL ASNIS; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 76 / 277 / 23; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in black ink: DEC 22 1948; lower center in graphite: Soldiers jamming trolley / cars; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in blue ink: 28316-A [letter in blue pencil]; lower center in graphite: x CHINA AF - PERSONNEL - ARMY / x STREET CARS - CHINA - PEIPING; lower center in graphite: GDC-132 PF 49159 (GD-TL-238)
Wikidata ID
Q64154970