Trolley Stop, Moscow, Russia

Henri Cartier-Bresson Davis, Gary S.

1954

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 36 × 27.9 cm (14 3/16 × 11 in.) sheet: 36 × 28 cm (14 3/16 × 11 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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