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Artist:
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Title:
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Cardinal Pacelli at Montmartre, Paris
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Date:
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1938
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Medium:
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Gelatin silver print
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Dimensions:
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15 1/16 x 22 3/4 in. (38.26 x 57.79 cm) (image)
19 13/16 x 23 7/8 in. (50.32 x 60.64 cm) (sheet)
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Credit Line:
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The Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 280
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Here Henri Cartier-Bresson snapped what he termed a "decisive moment," capturing the emotive energy surrounding Cardinal Pacelli (who would be crowned Pope Pius XII the year after this photograph was taken). Masses of followers come to meet him in Montmartre, the quintessentially avant-garde quarter of Paris and a site of frequent artistic rebellion against religious figures.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Cartier-Bresson, Henri
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Role:
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Photographer
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1908 - 2004
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Photographs
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Physical Description:
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man kissing the hand of a Cardinal
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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95.6.23
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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