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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Italy1932

Not on view
Black and white photograph looking down over a stone wall, with a bare foot and billowing light fabric in the foreground and a rural village road in the distance

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Italy, 1932, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Henri Cartier-Bresson
France, 1908-2004
Title
Italy
Place Made
France
Date Made
1932
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.88 × 23.81 cm) Primary support: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.88 × 23.81 cm) Mat: 18 × 22 in. (45.72 × 55.88 cm) Frame: 18 × 22 × 1 in. (45.72 × 55.88 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.30
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013
Copyright
© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

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