William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi

Photography and Media

1947, printed 1950/59

Henri Cartier-Bresson
French, 1908–2004

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Title: William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi
Place: France (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1947
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, sideways, in graphite: "40"; verso, on mount, upper center, in graphite: "4 [encircled]"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 29.5 × 19.2 cm (11 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 55.8 × 45.6 cm (22 × 18 in.)
Credit Line: Photography Gallery Purchased with funds provided by Fund
Reference Number: 1962.179

Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)
New York, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, “Henri Cartier Bresson: The Modern Century,” April 11-June 28, 2010: traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 24-October 3, 2010; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 30, 2010-January 30, 2011; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, February 19-May 15, 2011. (Chicago only)

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