"New Army Day Parade," Forbidden City, Beijing, China, 1948

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.5 × 24 cm (6 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gary Davis

Accession Number

2012.118.1

Artists / Makers

Henri Cartier-Bresson (artist) French, 1908 - 2004

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Inscription

on verso, stamped, upper right in black ink with blue pencil underlining: PEIPING ESSAY 48; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: new recruits - "New Army / Day" parade in forbidden city; center in graphite: 76 / 286 / 4; stamped, upper left in blue ink: 28316-A [letter in blue pencil]; stamped, inverted, center left in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / Bresson / DEC 22 1948 [artist's name in graphite]; upper left in graphite: x CHINA AF; lower center in graphite: GDC-117 PF49160 (GD-TL-239)

Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT, purchased 2002; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Davis, Gary S.