Exposing a stool-pigeon for the Gestapo, Dessau, Germany
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(French, 1908 - 2004)
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (24.13 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 inches (30.32 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 16 inches (30.32 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1116
SignedBlind stamp on sheet recto, lower left: "HENRI / CARTIER / BRESSON";
Signed on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Henri Cartier-Bresson"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "3-110-81", "P5.003.110.81".
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 16 -October 21, 1984, no. 43.
Copyright© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
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