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Métro station, Paris

Artist Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908 - 2004)
Date1968-1969
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 14 inches (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1185
InscribedNotations "11387/37" and in UL corner "46 (with sweeping underscore)" Verso Pencil Artist's Stamp Verso Ink Notations "70 to 57" (scratched through), "Press" [inverted] LR corner (continued below) Verso Pencil Description: "2/4 [inverted] LL corner, and "pp". Also "POS (underscored) 82 WABEL/LIFE"
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DescriptionDouble weight gelatin silver print man looking at billboard at Metro Station in Paris. Artist's stamp verso.Published References

Francois Nourissier, Cartier-Bresson’s France. (The Viking Press, Inc. New York, NY, 1970), 121.

Copyright© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
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Métro station, Paris
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2005.27.1076
Outskirts of Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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2005.27.1144
Department store, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1149
Restaurant, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1091
View towards Ménilmontant, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1106
View towards Ménilmontant, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1150
Outskirts of Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1145
Outskirts Of Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1174
Fashion showing at Christian Dior's, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1125
Overlooking Belleville, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1178
June 1968:  the Sorbonne, Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968
2005.27.1166
Fashion showing At Courréges's Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1968-1969
2005.27.1186