Building Construction Workers, Moscow, Russia

1954

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist, French, 1908 - 2004

Magnum Photos

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 × 17 cm (9 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.118.26

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 One: Moscow.” Life (17 January 1955): 15.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center left in blue pencil: Russian workers dancing / during a building project / lunch break; stamped, lower 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 upper center in red ink: USED IN LIFE JAN 17 1955; additional stamps from LIFE Magazine and other editorial and archival marks by unknown hand

Wikidata ID

Q64154985

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