About the Artwork
Country Conversation
ca. 1970
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908-2004
French
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 7/8 × 17 3/4 inches (32.7 × 45.1 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 19 5/8 inches (39.7 × 49.8 cm)
Photographs
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Exhibition Fund
74.117
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Markings
Signed, in black pen and ink, on sheet, below image, lower right: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Inscribed, in pencil, on sheet, left center, verso, vertically: 77885/29A
Stamp, in black ink, on sheet, center, verso: HENRI CATIER-BRESSON | Mention obligatoire? | Prière de reproduire cette? photo intégra- | lement sans en? .........[illegible] le c[??]rago
Provenance
Halsted Gallery (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson, Country Conversation, ca. 1970, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Exhibition Fund, 74.117.
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