Storefront, Beijing, China

1948

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Associated Names
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist, French, 1908 - 2004

This is a photograph of an ornately carved architectural facade. The image shows a detailed section of a traditional building facade with intricately carved wood panels and stone pillars. The woodwork features elaborate floral and geometric patterns, while the stone section shows signs of weathering.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 × 16.5 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.22

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 right in black ink: DEC 22 1948; by unknown hand, center left in graphite: Shop fronts; stamped, perpendicular, lower right in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / Bresson [artist's name in graphite]; inverted, lower center in graphite: 76 / 288 / 5; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in blue ink: 28316-B [letter in blue pencil]; lower right in blue pencil: x CHINA - P&C / x ChHINESE CULTURE; lower center in graphite: PF 49170 (GD-TL-249) GDC-161

Wikidata ID

Q64154981

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