June 1968, Paris
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(French, 1908 - 2004)
DateJune 1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 3/4 inches (20.48 × 29.85 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1054
SignedOn sheet verso, center right, stamped in blue ink: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON / COMPLIMENTARY PRINT / NOT FOR REPRODUCTION".
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "June 1968, Paris"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "2H";
On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "p. 32-33";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "3-4-70", "P5.003.040.70".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of figure seen though a restaurant window with tables in the foreground. The figure stands in profile with arms outstretched and knees bent.Gallery LabelHenri Cartier-Bresson aimed his camera at a mirror inside a Parisian café. Reflected back were the unfolding events of a prolonged protest. What began as a student demonstration in March 1968 by May had transformed into a massive cultural uprising and workers’ revolt with makeshift barricades in the streets and intense acts of police brutality. Here, Cartier-Bresson captures the precise moment when a young protestor swings his arm backwards to throw a cobblestone toward an unseen target.
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1970;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Francois Nourissier, Cartier-Bresson’s France. (The Viking Press, Inc. New York, NY, 1970), 32, 33.
Copyright© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
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