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René Burri
Sao Paulo, Brazil1960, printed 1960

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High-contrast black and white photograph looking down on a dense city street packed with vehicles, with four silhouetted figures standing on a nearby rooftop

René Burri, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1960, printed 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: René Burri
Title: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Place Made: Brazil
Date Made: 1960, printed 1960
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image (not including black border): 9 3/8 × 13 13/16 in. (23.81 × 35.08 cm) Primary support: 12 1/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.64 × 40.48 cm) Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number: M.2008.40.355
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Copyright: © René Burri / Magnum Photos

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