"Festival of the Gold Pagoda" (Worshippers Leaving the Pagoda)
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(French, 1908-2004)
CultureFrench
DateOctober 1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 × 7 9/16 in. (28.6 × 19.2 cm)
Inscribed(HCB 411) Caption labels affixed to verso with credit and Magnum photo agency stamps; Illustration stamp dated "13 October 1951" on verso
Credit LineGift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe
Object number2005.29.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of a crowd of people leaving a pagoda.ProvenanceDr. Donald and Alice Lappe, Salt Lake City, UT [through photography collector Michael Mattis]; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe, 2005.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
February 1949