Train Stop, Soviet Union
1954
Artist, French, 1908 - 2004
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.9 × 17 cm (9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2012.118.24
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT, purchased 2002; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1955
Cartier-Bresson, Henri. “The People of Russia, Part Two: Travel in the U.S.S.R.” Life (31 January 1955): 84.
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in blue pencil: At train stop man / wearing pajamas or / traveling costume / ignores girls / selling food; stamped, center, in blue ink: PLEASE CREDIT / HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (Magnum) / Magnum Photos Inc. / 17 East 64th Street / New York 21, N. Y. / PHOTOS MUST NOT BE ALTERED BY TRIMMING; stamped lower center in red ink: USED IN LIFE JAN 31 1955; additional stamps from LIFE Magazine and other editorial and archival marks by unknown hand
Wikidata ID
Q64154983