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Antiques Dealer, Beijing, China by Henri Cartier Bresson, Gary S. Davis — VisualArtsDB

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Antiques Dealer, Beijing, China

Antiques Dealer, Beijing, China

Antiques Dealer, Beijing, China

Henri Cartier Bresson Gary S. Davis

1948

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 24.2 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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