Jean-Paul Sartre at an Auction

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French, 1908 - 2004

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negative 1944; print about 1955

Early ferrotyped gelatin silver print

Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.2 × 24.1 cm)

Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harley and Stephen Osman, Class of 1956, Tuck 1957

2013.82.10

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, lower right margin, in graphite: Sartre; stamped, on reverse, lower right, in black ink: c [encircled] Henri Cartier-Bresson / Archives Magnum / Magnum Library

Provenance

Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Stamford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 2013.

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