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Archways, Beijing, China by Henri Cartier Bresson, Gary S. Davis, George Karas — VisualArtsDB

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Archways, Beijing, China

Archways, Beijing, China

Archways, Beijing, China

Henri Cartier Bresson Gary S. Davis George Karas

1948

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 15.9 × 23.7 cm (6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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