Funeral Shop, Beijing, China

1948

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Associated Names
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist, French, 1908 - 2004

This is a photograph of an outdoor scene with a tricycle carriage, a horse-shaped sign, and a dog. The street features the tricycle carriage parked in front of a shop with ornate window designs and various signs with Chinese characters. A horse-shaped sign stands with additional Chinese writing. A dog is seen beneath the sign near a basket. The setting appears to be in an older urban environment with traditional architecture and historical signage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 24.2 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.118.37

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, center right in black ink with blue pencil underlining: PEIPING ESSAY 48; stamped, perpendicular, lower right in black ink: DEC 22 1948; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: Funeral shop; center in graphite: 76 / 280 / 10; stamped, perpendicular, lower left in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / Bresson [artist's name in graphite]; stamped, perpendicular, upper left in blue ink: 28316-B [letter in blue pencil]; upper left in blue pencil: x BURIALS - CUSTOMS / x VEHICLES - RICKSHAWS / x CHINA - P&C; lower center in graphite: PF49107 (GD-TL-186) GDC-198

Wikidata ID

Q64154996

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