Man Practicing Tai Chi, Beijing, China

1948

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Associated Names
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist, French, 1908 - 2004

The image shows a man standing outdoors in a natural setting. He is in a martial arts stance with both arms raised, palms open and facing forward, and legs slightly bent. He has a shaved head and a calm expression, wearing a long, dark robe and traditional shoes. The ground is covered with dried grass and there are leafless trees lining a pathway in the background, under an overcast sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 15.8 cm (9 7/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.27

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; by unknown hand, center left in graphite: Chinese Gymnastics; center in blue pencil: x SPORTS - GYMNASTICS / x CHINA - P&C; lower center in graphite: 76 / 272 /34; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in blue ink: 28316-D [letter in blue pencil]; stamped, lower right in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / Bresson [artist's name in graphite]; stamped, lower right in black ink: DEC 22 1948; lower center in graphite: PF49182 (GD-TL-261) GDC-177

Wikidata ID

Q64154986

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