The Daughters of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia (Primary Title)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French, 1908 – 2004 (Artist)

1960
French
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (24.13 × 16.51 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
2016.599
Not on view
Ferrotyped
Artist’s stamp in blue ink at center verso: “HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON / Mention obligatoire / Prière de reproduire cette photo in[illegible] / sans en modifier le cadrage”. Stamped in red ink on verso: “FATOS & FOTOS…” with ink inscriptions scribbled out. Stamped in red ink at lower left corner verso: “MANCHETE” with the following inscriptions in blue ink: “L.50L” and “LL6-LLt” and “L”.
Inscribed in blue ink on verso: “21.4 x 31.8”. Inscribed in black ink on verso: “D138” Inscribed in graphite on verso: “6813-3” and “40 x 60” and “P135[strike-through]” and “N[encircled]”.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2023 - January 14, 2024; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, March 2 -July 30, 2024; VMFA October 5 2024 - January 26, 2025
© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

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