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Sidewalk café, Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris
Sidewalk café, Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Sidewalk café, Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908 - 2004)
Date1968-1969
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (29.37 × 19.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1048
SignedOn sheet verso, bottom, stamped in blue ink, upside down: "COMPLIMENTARY PRINT / NOT FOR REPRODUCTION", "PHOTOGRAPHIE / HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Sidewalk cafe, Saint-Germain / des-Pres, Paris pg5".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "21/" [circled]; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "11917/8".
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DescriptionImage of two women seated at separate cafe tables reading the newspaper. The woman wearing a hat and floral jacket looks towards the other who is wearing a short dress and tall socks.Published References

Francois Nourissier, Cartier-Bresson’s France. (The Viking Press, Inc. New York, NY, 1970), 5.

Copyright© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
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