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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Shanghai, June 19491949

On view: David Geffen GalleriesKorea in Transition
Black and white photograph of a woman in a floral dress seated in a rickshaw on a crowded city street, with a bus and Chinese-character signage in the distance

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Shanghai, June 1949, 1949, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dennis and Pamela Beck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Title
Shanghai, June 1949
Place Made
China
Date Made
1949
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 11/16 × 6 5/8 in. (24.61 × 16.83 cm) Primary support: 9 11/16 × 6 5/8 in. (24.61 × 16.83 cm) Secondary support: 14 × 10 in. (35.56 × 25.4 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dennis and Pamela Beck
Accession Number
M.2006.144.9
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos