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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1908–2004

WA-00019344

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

36

Institutional Exhibitions

363

Works in Collection

686

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ156567

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Still Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

No image

Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

No image

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Artists by Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

No image

Public Landscapes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

No image

Photographs of Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Cartier-Bresson

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/henri-cartier-bresson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/henri-cartier-bresson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1000
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Henri Cartier-Bresson yet.

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Movement

Photography

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (363)

Pause Between Two Poses

Pause Between Two Poses

1989 · Gelatin silver print, printed c. 2000

9 3/8 × 14" (23.8 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Castile, Spain

1975 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s

14 1/4 × 9 5/8" (36.2 × 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Romania

1975 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s

9 5/8 × 14 1/4" (24.4 × 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ezra Pound, Venice

Ezra Pound, Venice

1971 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s

14 1/8 × 9 7/16" (35.9 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

1968 · Gelatin silver print

15 9/16 × 23 9/16" (39.5 × 59.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Sorbonne, Paris

La Sorbonne, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

23 5/8 × 15 7/8" (60 × 40.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Demonstration for de Gaulle on Champs-Élysées, Paris

Demonstration for de Gaulle on Champs-Élysées, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

23 11/16 × 15 7/8" (60.2 × 40.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brie, France

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1968

13 1/16 × 19 1/4" (33.2 × 48.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Meeting chez Renault, Paris

Meeting chez Renault, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

15 5/8 × 23 1/2" (39.7 × 59.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris

Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

23 3/8 × 15 3/4" (59.4 × 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Window Reflection, Paris

Window Reflection, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

15 5/16 × 23 1/2" (38.9 × 59.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris

Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print

23 1/2 × 15 13/16" (59.7 × 40.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Henri Langlois

1968 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/16 × 15 3/16" (25.9 × 38.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Student Demonstration, Paris

Student Demonstration, Paris

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1968

15 5/8 × 23 1/16" (39.7 × 58.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composer Igor Stravinksy

Composer Igor Stravinksy

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Art Institute of Chicago

Varlin

1967 · Gelatin silver print

15 3/16 × 10 3/16" (38.6 × 25.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Air Force Graveyard, Arizona

Air Force Graveyard, Arizona

1967 · Gelatin silver print

15 9/16 × 23 1/16" (39.5 × 58.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jean Renoir

1967 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/16 × 15 3/16" (25.9 × 38.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

France, near the Belgian Border

France, near the Belgian Border

1967 · Gelatin silver print

9 5/16 × 14" (23.6 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Meah Shearim, Jerusalem

Meah Shearim, Jerusalem

1967 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/4 × 13 15/16" (23.5 × 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Charles Munch, Paris

Charles Munch, Paris

1967 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1968

23 1/8 × 15 9/16" (58.7 × 39.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Switzerland

1966 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1968

10 1/4 × 15 3/16" (26 × 38.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

India

1966 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1968

15 3/16 × 10 1/4" (38.6 × 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fatehpur Sikri, India

Fatehpur Sikri, India

1966 · Gelatin silver print

35 7/16 × 23 3/16" (90 × 58.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

363 published of 669 catalogued · 637 with image

MoMA
306 publishedof 612 catalogued587 img
Art Institute Chicago
49 published49 img
The Met
7 published
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Sukarno and his Wife Fatmawati Posing for the Press Photographers
1950 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Sukarno and his Wife Fatmawati Posing for the Press Photographers (c. 1950)

Rijksmuseum

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Henri Cartier-Bresson (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

8

Movements1

Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's Rago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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