Evacuation of Beijing, China

1948

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Associated Names
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist, French, 1908 - 2004

The image shows a man and two children walking down a sidewalk. The man is slightly bent forward and holds one child's hand, while the other child clutches his coat. The man wears a padded jacket and pants, a cap with earflaps, and carries a rectangular bag across his body. Both children are wearing thick pants and jackets, one with a hat and the other with a hood. The scene is set on a paved path bordered by leafless trees, with pedestrians and cyclists in the background. Buildings line the street in the urban environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.14

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]; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: 76 / 289 / 14; center in graphite: Evacuation of city; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in black ink: DEC 22 1948; lower center in graphite: x WARS - CHINA - REFUGEES; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in blue ink: 28316-A [letter in blue pencil]; lower center in graphite: PF 49156 (GD-TL-235) GDC-133

Wikidata ID

Q64154971

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